Grandpa Potts Quotes & Sayings

the problem is then to develop a theory of invariance with respect to arbitrary linear transformations, in which, however, in contra-distinction to the case of affine geometry, we have a definite invariant quadratic form, viz. the metrical groundform once and for all as an absolute datum. — Hermann Weyl

I would do any honest thing under the sun to know C. S. Lewis, and so am very grateful to you. — Ruth Pitter

Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings ... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Love is An invited deal for losing peace — Seema Gupta

Steel is not forged in a comfortable place. — Calpernia Addams

I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space. — Michael Faraday

I used to break a lot of clubs. I probably was a little different than your average junior player. I did have a lot longer hair and a lot more brown hair. But my demeanor, you know, really from maybe my second, third year on Tour, has gotten a lot more even keel. — Fred Couples

I've come to realize that teenagers are a lot like new shoes - uncomfortable and a bitch to break in - but once you do, you don't regret a single blister they caused. "Do — Claire Contreras

Bone-white moths drop one by one to cover cuts on Odette's legs and obscure mud-water splotches patterning her skirts. They rest at the bases of her fingers like heaving white jewels on rings lighter than air. — Camille Alexa

I give the president credit for at least one thing. He's proven that someone can deserve a Nobel prize less than Al Gore. — Tim Pawlenty

She wondered why no one saw through her disguise. Perhaps people could see only what they expected, what fit inside their vision, as if human vision came in precut shapes more narrow than the world itself, and this allowed her to hide in plain sight. — Carolina De Robertis

We have this sense that there's something bigger than us, above and beyond. If you take away the idea of God, you need to replace it with a shared moral code. Otherwise, everybody becomes very self-centred and materialistic. — Jonathan Trigell

Relax to focus, focus in flow. — Ben Tolosa

Reading a text is more like tracing this process of constant flickering than it is like counting the beads on a necklace. — Terry Eagleton