Camiones Americanos Quotes & Sayings

These estimates may well be enhanced by one from F. Klein (1849-1925), the leading German mathematician of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. 'Mathematics in general is fundamentally the science of self-evident things.' ... If mathematics is indeed the science of self-evident things, mathematicians are a phenomenally stupid lot to waste the tons of good paper they do in proving the fact. Mathematics is abstract and it is hard, and any assertion that it is simple is true only in a severely technical sense - that of the modern postulational method which, as a matter of fact, was exploited by Euclid. The assumptions from which mathematics starts are simple; the rest is not. — Eric Temple Bell

He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others. — Samuel Foote

Whenever I investigate a smell, I find that the answer is always bad. It's never: 'What is that? *sniff* muffins!' — Demetri Martin

As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country. — Nancy Pelosi

For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even - love with a mixture of sadness, reverence, and silent knowledge. — Erich Maria Remarque

We thought Bugles and a Tiger and its sequel, The Road Past Mandalay, plus Bhowani Junction, which was made into a movie starring Ava Gardner as a half-caste (or Chi Chi) East Indian and Stewart Granger playing an Indian Army — Daniel Hill

Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the problem if possible. — Albert Ellis

He that would thrive must ask his wife." It — Benjamin Franklin

Splendid to think of all the things there are to find out — L.M. Montgomery

Gentleness is the outgrowth of benignity. — Hannah More

Ye living soldiers of the mighty war,
Once more from roaring cannon and the drums
And bugles blown at morn, the summons comes;
Forget the halting limb, each wound and scar:
Once more your Captain calls to you;
Come to his last review! — Richard Watson Gilder

To find out if you really are friends with someone, consider what you can sacrifice to help him. — Joko Ono

If we take care of our mental health like our dental health; we'll be ok. — Howie Mandel

If you're growing up in times of peace and live in a country where there's plenty of food and good healthcare, you grow up without any relationship with death. — Peter Morgan

When I met my designs in the market of a remote village in the West Indies, or in the airport restaurant in Zurich, I felt like the mother of many well-behaved children. — Eva Zeisel