Ashforth Lane Quotes & Sayings

All my family has very good mathematical abilities - like, so dorky. I was the dork then in school - on any maths exams I'd get 100%. I just knew how to do maths and most people would hate it, but for some reason it just came. — Rebel Wilson

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out. — Clara Hughes

There he is, bent over the page, with a monocle in his right eye, wholly devoted to the noble but rugged task of ferreting out the error. He has already promised himself to write a little monograph in which he will relate the finding of the book and the discovery of the error, if there really is one hidden there. In the end, he discovers nothing and contents himself with possession of the book. He closes it, gazes at it, gazes at it again, goes to the window and holds it in the sun. The only copy! At this moment a Caesar or a Cromwell passes beneath his window, on the road to power and glory. He turns his back, closes the window, stretches in his hammock, and fingers the leaves of the book slowly, lovingly, tasting it sip by sip ... An only copy! — Machado De Assis

The system of Descartes ... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena; and this reason seemed more just, as it is simple and intelligible to all capacities. But in philosophy, a student ought to doubt of the things he fancies he understands too easily, as much as of those he does not understand. — Voltaire

Can you keep your balance? Can you see what and where you are at any given moment? — Paul Caponigro

All of them began to laugh spontaneously because they knew it was still last night while the people in the streets had the delusion that it was bright hot morning. — F Scott Fitzgerald

It is no mean happiness ... to be seated in the mean — William Shakespeare

I also discovered that I was a poet. From the standpoint of one's family this is probably a regrettable discovery ... — Dorothy Cottrell

It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds. — Angela Merkel

I'm glad you needed a ride tonight," he said, his gaze on the TV. "I'm glad I was around when you needed that ride. It worked out, but you look tired."
"I am."
Cooper ran his index finger along my face and under my chin. "I'm messing with you, but that's all it is. I'm just teasing. I know you're tired and nothing's going to happen tonight. You can rest your eyes until the pizza comes and I won't take advantage of that. I want you to want it too. Not to be an unwilling victim like with those assholes at the party. I don't take shit from girls. They offer it enthusiastically and I know you will too eventually, but you need to make me work for it first. I appreciate you keeping my seduction skills sharp."
Grinning, I rolled my eyes. "Life must be great with your giant brain and even bigger ego."
"Yeah, it's pretty amazing. — Bijou Hunter

8 They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, though the disbelievers may be averse. 9 He it is Who has sent His Messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth that He may make it prevail over all religions, though the polytheists are averse.a 9a. Verses — Anonymous

I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions. — David Copperfield

I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else. — Sonny Rollins

I like to be in my pajamas all day. Sometimes I don't wash for days because I like to read and sit around. I like to eat in bed. — Jamaica Kincaid

If you entrust your data to others, they can let you down or outright betray you. — Jonathan Zittrain