Whitesmoke Software Quotes & Sayings

But here, Ms. Pelletier, is the thing. Without infinitesimals, the calculus as we know and love it simply wouldn't exist. It is these nearly-zero, sort-of-zero, sometimes-zero quantities that allow us to understand the world. Something which seems to be nearly nothing turns out to be crucial to everything. So though I, or for you that matter, or any of us, may be, as a collection of atoms, practically indistinguishable from zero, this does not necessarily mean we are insignificant. Indeed, it may be that we are actually crucially important. — Brendan Halpin

As he walked, he moved with more determination. If only because he knew there were things in the world he didn't understand - and that meant, perhaps, there were possibilities he didn't see. Possibilities for survival. — Brandon Sanderson

Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases. — Robert Reich

I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time ... I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with appropriately related changes I could play the thing I'd been hearing. I came alive. — Charlie Parker

I've played villains on stage - you know, the Iagos and so on - but I think of myself as a funny person. I mostly did comedies before I did TV work. — Michael Emerson

The line between life and death is not thicker than an eyelid. — Eiji Yoshikawa

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting. — Blaise Pascal

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you. — Paul Tsongas

The cost of a loaf is a simple thing, and so a loaf is often sought, but some things are past valuing: laughter, land, and love are never bought. — Patrick Rothfuss

He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health. — Martial

During the Cold War, America took sides not only in disputes between Arab countries, but also in debates within them. — Stephen Kinzer

Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in love: now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe
Upon a dwarfish thief — William Shakespeare

we believe our problems are the greatest and our misfortunes the worst, there is always someone out there who has suffered more. — Devdutt Pattanaik

I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. — Juno Temple

At my age, every day that I overcome simple inertia is a victory. — Michael LaRocca