Tao Terence Quotes & Sayings

At a purely formal level, one could call probability theory the study of measure spaces with total measure one, but that would be like calling number theory the study of strings of digits which terminate. — Terence Tao

Even just seconds ahead is unknown; even just seconds after is open to infinite possibilities. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Unsolicited surprise requests from strangers are essentially guaranteed to be met with a negative response. — Terence Tao

Pointing out that countless great mathematicians had tried to solve the problem and failed before you came along is in particularly bad taste and should be avoided completely. — Terence Tao

In my day artists wanted to be outcasts, pariahs. Now they are all integrated into society — Marcel Duchamp

Volume grows spatially slower than scaling. — Terence Tao

I would probably never have learned to cook. — Elizabeth David

I've always thought that love thrives on a certain kind of distance, that it requires an awed separateness to continue. Without that necessary remove, the physical minutiae of the other person grows ugly in its magnification. — Siri Hustvedt

I never call myself a singer, ever. I never will. I've always been really embarrassed about my voice. I've never been confident about it. I think it's a little bit better now than when I first started. There are people I admire who are genuinely brilliant singers and I know the difference between what they can do and what I can do. — Gary Numan

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses. — Scott Walker

Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit. — Cory Doctorow

I want two scars, one on each of my shoulder blades."
He shrugged in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"Two scars," I repeated, "for where my wings used to be, where my wings were torn away from me. — Christos Tsiolkas

But I love him. You know it. You can't ask me to just sit back and let Paul do this. If he succeeds I won't even remember having met Jesse." "Right," my dad said reasonably. "So it won't hurt." "It will," I insisted, "It will hurt, Dad. Because deep down I'll know. I'll know there was someone ... someone I was supposed to have met. Only I'll never meet him. I'll go through my whole life waiting for him to come along, only he never will. What kind of life is that, Dad, huh? What kind of life is that? — Meg Cabot

Peace needs the consent of all, while one alone may raise a war. — Michael Flynn

My idea of enlightenment is when ego and Tao are fused, and Tao is perceived as ego. Then everything happens with complete appropriateness. — Terence McKenna

Ultimately you should follow advice not because someone tells you to, but because it was something that you already knew you should be doing. — Terence Tao

Everyone should get more involved in exercising, not just for the health benefits, but for the social side too. There are so many different aspects in your life where sport can help. Even if you only go to a class at a local pool, you'll feel the benefits. — Jazmin Carlin

There's no great movie where you haven't been emotionally connected to the main character. — Harald Zwart

Bad attitudes are truly like four flat tyres under a sparked vehicle; You say "I want to get a hell out of here" and bad attitudes say, "sorry, we won't allow that shit"! — Israelmore Ayivor

You will ride the Tao
toward the concrescence
and will be able to live in the light
of its anticipation. — Terence McKenna

If you can read, write and think, you have liberated yourself from any darkness into the wonderful light. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There are some people who live without God and do not — Sunday Adelaja

It can often be profitable to try a technique on a problem even if you know in advance that it cannot possibly solve the problem completely. — Terence Tao

Education is a complex, multifaceted, and painstaking process, and being gifted does not make this less so. — Terence Tao