Parallel Axiom Quotes & Sayings

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The classical theorists resemble Euclidean geometers in a non-Euclidean world who, discovering that in experience straight lines apparently parallel often meet, rebuke the lines for not keeping straight as the only remedy for the unfortunate collisions which are occurring. Yet, in truth, there is no remedy except to throw over the axiom of parallels and to work out a non-Euclidean geometry. — John Maynard Keynes

In the ranks of the movement [National Socialist movement], the most devout Protestant could sit beside the most devout Catholic, without coming into the slightest conflict with his religious convictions. The mighty common struggle which both carried on against the destroyer of Aryan humanity had, on the contrary, taught them mutually to respect and esteem one another. — Adolf Hitler

With that in mind and in celebration of National Prayer Day, today I have proposed in the House of Representatives a Constitutional Amendment that would restore voluntary prayer in our Nation's schools. — Nick Rahall

I just want Aerosmith to always give me a hard-on, that's all I ever ask for, for it to be the most special thing in my life. As long as I look at it through those eyes, it will always be that way. — Steven Tyler

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage. — Clay Aiken

And it seems possible, moving to the psychological arena, that people can be better off believing in something than in nothing, however untrue that something may be. — Christopher Hitchens

When we switch gears, we in effect move the problem that we have been trying to solve from our conscious brain to our unconscious — Anonymous

Something there is more immortal even than the stars. — Walt Whitman

A light purse is a heavy curse. — Benjamin Franklin

For the rest of our lives, all we can hear are our names chanted over and over, until we are deaf to everything else. — Sherman Alexie

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write. — Charlie Kaufman

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Lagrange, in one of the later years of his life, imagined that he had overcome the difficulty (of the parallel axiom). He went so far as to write a paper, which he took with him to the Institute, and began to read it. But in the first paragraph something struck him that he had not observed: he muttered: 'Il faut que j'y songe encore', and put the paper in his pocket.' [I must think about it again]. — Augustus De Morgan

I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me. — Tom Ford