Formalism Theory Quotes & Sayings

In the popular mind, if Hoyle is remembered it is as the prime mover of the discredited Steady State theory of the universe. "Everybody knows" that the rival Big Bang theory won the battle of the cosmologies, but few (not even astronomers) appreciate that the mathematical formalism of the now-favoured version of Big Bang, called inflation, is identical to Hoyle's version of the Steady State model. — Fred Hoyle

But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again. — Lewis Carroll

I use bath gloves in the shower every day. People often comment on my skin and I just tell them that I use bath gloves. — Meagan Good

People need routines. It's like a theme in music. But it also restrictsyour thoughts and actions and limits your freedom. It structures your priorities and in some cases distorts your logic. — Haruki Murakami

To the average mathematician who merely wants to know his work is securely based, the most appealing choice is to avoid difficulties by means of Hilbert's program. Here one regards mathematics as a formal game and one is only concerned with the question of consistency ... The Realist position is probably the one which most mathematicians would prefer to take. It is not until he becomes aware of some of the difficulties in set theory that he would even begin to question it. If these difficulties particularly upset him, he will rush to the shelter of Formalism, while his normal position will be somewhere between the two, trying to enjoy the best of two worlds. — Paul Cohen

I stepped back, wrenching my hands from his. I was a boyfriend thief, I reminded myself. A boyfriend thief couldn't get personally attached to her work. It was a business agreement and nothing more. I wasn't thaf girl who fell for a guy that was absolutely, completely wrong for her and who had come along at exactly the absolute wrong time. I couldn't afford distractions at this point in my life. And Zac Greeley had distraction written all over him. — Shana Norris

With the aid of this credit policy, however, Germany created an armament second to none, and this armament in turn made possible the results of our policy. — Hjalmar Schacht

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore ... prove ultimately futile. — Pope John Paul II

You are not going to like what I have to say," Sean said. "Just give it to me fast, I'd rather have you kick me square in the nuts then squeeze and twist on them all afternoon. — W.J. Lundy

Runnin's not a bad thing, sir, so long as you're runnin' towards somethin' good. — Jonathan Auxier

I smiled. "I understand now. But It doesn't matter and you needn't apologize. They have been very kind to me too. Even if we did differ a little about suitable dresses." He considered me a moment, a mischievous light creeping into his eyes, and said: "Was THAT the dress - that night you wouldn't come out of your room?"
I grinned and nodded, and we both laughed; — Robin McKinley

He was repelled by the pettiness that reduced life to mere existence and that turned men into half-men. He wanted to lay his life on a balance, the other side of which was weighted with death. He wanted to make his every action, every day, yes, every hour and minute worthy of being measured against the ultimate, which is death. — Milan Kundera

That which distinguishes the new thought from the old is not a denial of this Divine Reality, but an affirmation of its immediate availability. — Ernest Holmes

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Why?" Owen whispered. "Because it might be true? I'm tired of pretending like my heart isn't bleeding inside my chest because I want to be with you so badly. I don't want to fight it anymore. I want to be happy. — Megan Duke

Chinese people themselves, they really want change. — Dalai Lama