Tangente Hiperbolica Quotes & Sayings

Historically, the Germans had a habit of associating the names of objects with the sounds they made. After bell makers-turned-cannon-makers learned that by closing off the mouth of the cannon before lighting the fuse, the entire cannon could be made to explode, the device they invented became known as the 'bum' (for boom!). In keeping with this tradition, the first one-thousand-pound bomb was dubbed 'ein laussen bum' (meaning, "a loud boom"). After the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, they called the fission device 'ein grossen laussen bum' (or, "a big loud boom"). The next obvious step was the fusion, or H-bomb, which was pronounced 'ein grossen laussen bum all ist kaput! — Charles Pellegrino

Our story gives a teaching diametrically opposite. It says that where a man's wound is, that is where his genius will be. Wherever the wound appears in our psyches, whether from alcoholic father, shaming mother, shaming father, abusing mother, whether it stems from isolation, disability, or disease, that is precisely the place for which we will give our major gift to the community. — Robert Bly

A lot of writers dwell on their relationships with their mothers, but only a few are worth reading. — Kathryn Harrison

I want certain things out of life. I want my grand kids, my kids' kids, being able to inherit what I've worked so hard to build. — Ace Hood

Only amateurs use short copy. — David Ogilvy

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. — Mark Twain

When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx. — Cy Coleman

He was one of those people, she thought, who just seemed to know a great deal. And he spoke so wisely, as if had thought for hours about everything he said. — Alexander McCall Smith