Staffnet Langley Quotes & Sayings

Scientists are fascinated by Escher's work because they recognize in it not only a concept of the world with which they are familiar but also a similar attitude toward that world. For them as for him, the plurality of the world signifies neither absurdity nor chaos but a challenge to look for new logical relationships between phenomena. — J. L. Locher

A first love always occupies a special place. — Lee Konitz

One of the most striking and fundamental things about probability theory is that it leads to an understanding of the otherwise strange fact that events which are individually capricious and unpredictable can, when treated en masse, lead to very stable average performances. — Warren Weaver

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. — George Farquhar

Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either. — Nancy Pelosi

This is you. She pointed at the stick figure with enormous red curly marks and blue eyes.
Did my hair really look like that? I ran a hand over my head, feeling a bit like Little Orphan Annie. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

There's no Chanel collection without black. (It) will never exist. Who can live without some black clothes. — Karl Lagerfeld

I never knew I liked to be outside so much. I never knew I liked lochs and views and that, but I could seriously handle living in a cottage by the side of somewhere like this.
The Panopticon — Jenn Fagan