Ereading Games 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

Inspiration is finding something that excites you. — Connie Smith

I really like writing music. That's kind of like my little hobby. I like that because sometimes you don't really have any control when you're an actor, over what you're doing next, and everything is kind of decided by other people. You're always waiting to hear from people. — Amelia Warner

Fan-fucking-tastic. Oh yeah. She could totally get used to this threesome thing. Even if it meant she wouldn't be able to work for a couple of days afterward. Fucking-A, Trey rocked her world. And Ethan made it spin. — Olivia Cunning

If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one's conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy. — George Soros

Relationships should be like glass ... No matter who sees from what angel ... It should be transparent — Adil Adam Memon

It really helps a comedian to be an outsider. — John Oliver

I did not even go to kindergarten; I just started first grade when I was five and started reading right away. I don't know how it all worked, but I had a lot of adults and older siblings around me. So, I guess I was probably introduced to what one would be introduced to at that time in kindergarten. — Joan Ganz Cooney

I have long known that splendour of reputation is not to be counted among the necessaries of life, and therefore shall not much repine if praise be withheld till it is better deserved. — Samuel Johnson

I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976. My teammates started pointing because there was this uproar (Nadia Comaneci). These remarks highlight an important feature of those practices that entail skilled and active engagement: one's attention is focused on standards intrinsic to the practice, rather than external goods that may be won through the practice, typically money or recognition. Can this distinction between internal and external goods inform our understanding of work? — Matthew B. Crawford

My lord," catherine asked,her eyes wide, "do you think that has anything to do with the Ramsay curse?"
"Actually, that hadn't occurred to me yet," Leo said, "thank you so much for bringing it to my attention. — Lisa Kleypas

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else. — Joe Torre

Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock. — Bill Ayers

I was at a really low point, thinking of going to university and doing a course because the music thing just wasn't happening for me. But I went on the show and ... — Leona Lewis