Brahmagupta Mathematician Quotes & Sayings

What is quite worrisome is the absence of analysis and reflection. Take the word "terrorism." It has become synonymous now with anti-Americanism, which, in turn, has become synonymous with being critical of the United States, which, in turn, has become synonymous with being unpatriotic. That's an unacceptable series of equations. — Edward Said

A person who can, within a year, solve x2 - 92y2 = 1 is a mathematician. — Brahmagupta

The church is called to be separate in lifestyle but never to be isolated from the people it seeks to influence. Salt, light, and leaven don't work very well from a distance. — Rick Rusaw

The ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience. — Thomas Jefferson

I think testing films are a great tool. And I think showing them to people that you value their opinion is important, but once you give over to what reviewers think, that's tricky. You don't know what their agenda is; it's so subjective. You have got to make sure you are asking someone's opinion who you know. — Bradley Cooper

Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it out in song. It's like making a salad. Everything I hear, and everything I am, I mix together in a different way in each song. — Yael Naim

The core of literature is the idea of tragedy ... You don't really learn much from the good things that happen to you. — Cormac McCarthy