Mathematiques English Quotes & Sayings

demanding what we want ignores the other person's sense of control and they will want to resist us. — Bob Bray

I'm not giving up You're not giving in This battle will turn into a war Before I let it come to an end. — Colleen Hoover

Kublai noticed this uncommon perception that Marco Polo has, with the idea to explain and talk about his country so vividly that he can see it. — Benedict Wong

Venus of Eryx, from her mountain throne,
Saw Hades and clasped her swift-winged son, and said:
'Cupid, my child, my warrior, my power,
Take those sure shafts with which you conquer all,
And shoot your speedy arrows to the heart
Of the great god to whom the last lot fell
When the three realms were drawn. Your mastery
Subdues the gods of heaven and even Jove,
Subdues the ocean's deities and him,
Even him, who rules the ocean's deities.
Why should Hell lag behind? Why not there too
Extend your mother's empire and your own ... ?
Then Cupid, guided by his mother, opened
His quiver of all his thousand arrows
Selected one, the sharpest and the surest,
The arrow most obedient to the bow,
And bent the pliant horn against his knee
And shot the barbed shaft deep in Pluto's heart. — Ovid

The world is full of annoyances, none more infuriating than a fool with a valid point. — K.J. Parker

It made a good daydream, but I've learned that if you want dreams to come true, you have to take action. — Peg Kehret

A quasi-mystical response to nature and the universe is common among scientists and rationalists. It has no connection with supernatural belief. In — Richard Dawkins

The Holy Bible is the Spirit of God exposed to humanity in the Language of Heaven. — Felix Wantang

The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky. — Philip Pullman