Birdwatchers General Store Quotes & Sayings

I have tried, with little success, to get some of my friends to understand my amazement that the abstraction of integers for counting is both possible and useful. Is it not remarkable that 6 sheep plus 7 sheep makes 13 sheep; that 6 stones plus 7 stones make 13 stones? Is it not a miracle that the universe is so constructed that such a simple abstraction as a number is possible? To me this is one of the strongest examples of the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics. Indeed, I find it both strange and unexplainable. — Richard Hamming

I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now. — Megan Gallagher

Fury. A vital passion in every healthy persons life, unless you are dead, you have to be bloody furious. — Susan Powter

Because I don't really want to fall in love. Nathan is safe because he's unattainable. — Will McIntosh

Cinema has reached a dead end. — Peter Greenaway

You can only exceed your limits if you've discovered them. — Roel Van Sleeuwen

It would be quite unusual for me to get deep into a project and then shitcan it. One of the advantages of having done this for a while is that I have a better sense than I used to of when something is or isn't working. Until I developed that sense, this was a pretty dicey career for me, both in terms of paying the rent, and emotional wear and tear. — Neal Stephenson

When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which. — E.Y. Harburg

Am I a mindless fool? My life is a fragment, a disconnected dream that has no continuity. I am so tired of senselessness. I am tired of the music that my feelings sing, the dream music. — Ross David Burke

I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a listen - even if I loathe it. — Mat McNerney

Patriotism covers a multitude of sins. — Carolyn Wells

Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge — Edgar Allan Poe

I'm a gay, undocumented immigrant; I have to be optimistic. — Jose Antonio Vargas

I was having trouble making sense of all that Rosie was saying, doubtless due to the effects of the alcohol and her perfume. However, she had given me an opportunity to keep the conversation on safe ground. The inheritance of common genetically influenced traits such as eye colour is more complex than is generally understood, and I was confident that I could speak on the topic for long enough to occupy the remainder of our journey. But I realised that this was a defensive action and impolite to Rosie who had risked considerable embarrassment and damage to her relationship with Stefan for my benefit. — Graeme Simsion