Yoshitoshi Elijah Quotes & Sayings

The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. — Robert Coveyou

The degree to which language exactly mirrors reality is debatable. — Rictor Norton

A rabbit and a cat can live together peaceably. But first the rabbit has to assert itself - charge the cat a time or two - and then they become friends. — Lisa Kleypas

By the time of the arrival of Islam in the early seventeenth century CE, what we now call the Middle East was divided between the Persian and Byzantine empires. But with the spread of this new religion from Arabia, a powerful empire emerged, and with it a flourishing civilization and a glorious golden age.
Given how far back it stretches in time, the history of the region
and even of Iraq itself
is too big a canvas for me to paint. Instead, what I hope to do in this book is take on the nonetheless ambitious task of sharing with you a remarkable story; one of an age in which great geniuses pushed the frontiers of knowledge to such an extent that their work shaped civilizations to this day. — Jim Al-Khalili

Define your own success: If you're going after a million bucks with your own startup, you've already failed yourself. Instead, do something because it's interesting, challenging, it offers you the chance to learn something new or gives you the chance to work with really interesting people. Most startups that are designed to make money, especially in this environment, don't. — Tara Hunt

A few dead leaves fell down on top of her, carrying the scent of dew and the sound of birdsong. Taking — Charlie N. Holmberg

It is tempting to think of this form of insomnia, the inability to fall asleep, as a disease of agency and control: the inability to relinquish high self-reflexive consciousness for the vulnerable, ignorant regions of slumber in which we know not what we do. — Siri Hustvedt

People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself. — Bill Hicks

Details" is the beauty of this life. — Yahya

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa. — Keith David

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love. — Orhan Pamuk

However senior or accomplished, they were not allowed into the college's senior common room but instead had to take their meals in a more utilitarian chamber — Bill Bryson

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. — Clifford Stoll