Skalanes Quotes & Sayings

See I'm the reckless and wild one who saves him from being boring. It's why we're perfect for each other. We balance. - Madame Selena — Sherrilyn Kenyon

There is no greater way to ensure that universities remain a hotbed of leftist thought than to guarantee that professors knight their own successors. But that's basically how the Ph.D. system works, with sitting professors approving the work of would-be professors. — Ben Shapiro

I hate technology. — Colleen Hoover

I like roses best. But they bloom in all four seasons. I wonder if people who like roses best have to die four times over again. — Osamu Dazai

I really enjoy learning about other people and I'm really curious about other people. — Jared Leto

Unfortunately these are not isolated incidents, and the people of Reunion are the first to be horrified by this despicable barbarity which mars the image of their island. — Brigitte Bardot

The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to illustrate its greatness, beauty and dignity, and to describe how the incessant efforts and accumulated genius of many generations have built up that magnificent monument, the object of our most legitimate pride as men, and of our wonder, humility and thankfulness, as individuals. The study of the history of mathematics will not make better mathematicians but gentler ones, it will enrich their minds, mellow their hearts, and bring out their finer qualities. — George Sarton

Everyone has a subconscious and automatic preference of this over that. Once you're aware of that, you can take steps to change. — Mitch Kapor

You're either reading a book or you're not. — Jonathan Franzen