Funny Cappie Quotes & Sayings

It strikes me that mathematical writing is similar to using a language. To be understood you have to follow some grammatical rules. However, in our case, nobody has taken the trouble of writing down the grammar; we get it as a baby does from parents, by imitation of others. Some mathematicians have a good ear; some not (and some prefer the slangy expressions such as 'iff'). That's life. — Jean-Pierre Serre

I said 'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't speak Swedish.'
'Well, of course you don't. Neither do I. Who the hell speaks Swedish? — John Green

Poltinus the Platonist proves by means of the blossoms and leaves that from the Supreme God, whose beauty is invisible and ineffable, Providence reaches down to the things of earth here below. He points out that these frail and mortal objects could not be endowed with a beauty so immaculate and so exquisitely wrought, did they not issue from the Divinity which endlessly prevades with its invisible and unchanging beauty all things. — Saint Augustine

Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe. — Shirley Temple

When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do. — Padmasree Warrior

Colorful characters are the odd shaped pieces that fill the holes in life's puzzle. — Richard Stephens

Rejoice with the day lily for it is born for a day to live by the mailbox and glorify the roadside — Anne Sexton

I have drunk of the wine of life at last, I have known the thing best worth knowing, I have been warmed through and through, never to grow quite cold again till the end. — Edith Wharton