La Barreras Quotes & Sayings

Working an integral or performing a linear regression is something a computer can do quite effectively. Understanding whether the result makes sense - or deciding whether the method is the right one to use in the first place - requires a guiding human hand. When we teach mathematics we are supposed to be explaining how to be that guide. A math course that fails to do so is essentially training the student to be a very slow, buggy version of Microsoft Excel. — Jordan Ellenberg

I have often seen quite demented patients recognize and respond vividly to paintings and delight in the act of painting at a time when they are scarcely responsive, disoriented, and out of it. — Oliver Sacks

I admire Chancellor Merkel for her leadership qualities, but she is leading Europe in the wrong direction. — George Soros

Everybody likes to win. It sure beats the devil out of losing. — Joe Paterno

Peter opens his eyes and they are tearless and fierce, revealing a glimpse of his true self. Pure animalistic strength. There was never any fear for him to hide. — Dan Krokos

In addition to helping me understand what love looks like between people, these definitions also forced me to acknowledge that cultivating self-love and self-acceptance is not optional. They aren't endeavors that I can look into if and when I have some spare time. They are priorities. — Brene Brown

Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first. — Paul Klee

Bessy, don't be impatient with your life, whatever it is - or may have been. Remember who gave it you, and made it what it is! — Elizabeth Gaskell

One moves step by step and one must keep moving. — Ayn Rand

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it. — Kenny Rogers