Lipman Bers famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather.
I had drawings that were the first time that mathematics was put into visual form.
Mathematics are well and good but Nature keeps dragging us around by the nose.
We know that nature is described by the best of all possible mathematics because God created it.
I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world.
I'd like to take some calculus, too. I have absolutely no ability in that direction and not much interest, either, but there's something going on in mathematics that I don't understand, and I'd like to find out what it is.
The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they're a genius.
Life has played some funny tricks on me and taken me on a wild ride. How did I ever get into this wonderful mess that is my life?
I am a street performer as much as I am a stage performer. Yes, I have a television show, but every trick, every 'Mindfreak' you see, I can do live.

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