Princeton Method Quotes & Sayings

I seek to bring forth what you almost already know. — Aristotle.

It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite. — Niels Bohr

You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film - you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up. — Daniel Day-Lewis

Some people drift through life...

Not me.

I prefer to drive.

Blazing through hell at a hundred miles an hour — Lor K.

I entered Princeton University as a graduate student in 1959, when the Department of Mathematics was housed in the old Fine Hall. This legendary facility was marvellous in stimulating interaction among the graduate students and between the graduate students and the faculty. The faculty offered few formal courses, and essentially none of them were at the beginning graduate level. Instead the students were expected to learn the necessary background material by reading books and papers and by organising seminars among themselves. It was a stimulating environment but not an easy one for a student like me, who had come with only a spotty background. Fortunately I had an excellent group of classmates, and in retrospect I think the "Princeton method" of that period was quite effective. — Phillip A. Griffiths

I'd love to do a movie with females in it, and not necessarily the female version of 'The Hangover,' but I'd love to. If I did it it'd star Juliette Lewis, because she's the funniest woman in the world. She's my favorite actress on the planet. If we did a character-based comedy about women, I don't see it out of my range. — Todd Phillips

The moment I stopped being angry,the moment the silence filled my ears like water, was the moment I wanted to die,too. — Kristin Halbrook

The behavior of a system cannot be known just by knowing the elements of which the system is made. — Donella H. Meadows

I learned that people don't buy anything from unknown stores. — Tadashi Yanai

History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought. — Etienne Gilson

I do have high expectations, like anyone does. I expect myself to do well. It comes with all of the work I've put in and what I expect from that work. — J. J. Hardy