Dolinsky Optimal Transport Quotes & Sayings

Still and all, I think a library is a library is a library, don't you? No matter how big or small. Books are important. — Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools,
The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare; more apt
To slacken virtue and abate her edge
Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise. — John Milton

What I know is that if I was asked to teach mathematics in French for a week to young kids, I would do my homework and I think I could do a decent job. I don't think a degree in education would make me a better teacher. I sometimes teach in college. I don't teach for long periods of time, but I give workshops and I think I can communicate stuff. So, it's about communicating. — Philippe Falardeau

It was one of those decisions you make when you have too much testosterone bubbling around in your system, or when you've been raised in a culture of ridiculous machismo, as I was. — Kevin Hearne

It is certain that a book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it. — T. S. Eliot

The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent. — Laura Schlessinger

He speaks in that strange sports talk, telling me about the start of the new season and asks if I follow baseball.
No. I really don't.
He assures me if I stay in town long enough I will become a baseball fan. It's a requirement of living in St. Louis. Everyone is a Cardinal's fan.
"Loyal," he tells me. St. Louis is a loyal town. — Gwenn Wright

A thoughtless citizen of a democracy is a delinquent citizen of a democracy, — Leon Wieseltier

I don't know how it is, but the Germans are amazed at me and I am amazed at them for finding anything to be amazed about. — Frederic Chopin

Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity. — Octavio Paz

You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness. — Diane Von Furstenberg

There's nothing I can do to stop the tears. Who is going to save him? Even Takahashi can't do it ... can she? There's no one else but you. Takahashi. Please ... Please ... don't abandon Moto. — Yuuki Obata

Airport security is a particular bugbear. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, while I can see that averting terrorism is manifestly important, the measures taken seem, simultaneously, absurd. — James Purefoy

We are not old unless we desire to be. — Taylor Caldwell