Peter Hilton famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than the buzz bombs and the rockets that Werner von Braun designed for a German victory, a weapon absolutely decisive, in the judgement of many, in winning the war for the Allies.
-- Peter Hilton

#War #Math #Winning
Adaptability to change is itself a hallmark of successful education.
-- Peter Hilton

#Successful #Hallmark #Adaptability
Mathematics should be fun.
-- Peter Hilton

#Fun #Math #Mathematics
Mathematics is for lazy people.
-- Peter Hilton

#Math #Lazy People #People
Computation involves going from a question to an answer. Mathematics involves going from an answer to a question.
-- Peter Hilton

#Answers #Mathematics #Computation
It is a wry commentary on the value-system in the United States that one speaks there of "teacher training" and "driver education."
-- Peter Hilton

#Teacher #Training #United States

A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and air marshals, then the brigadiers, then a bit of a gap and the colonels and wing commanders and passed-over majors, then a steady trickle of captains and lieutenants. As they get older and rarer, so the soldiers are mythologised and grow ever more heroic, until finally drummer boys and under-age privates are venerated and laurelled with honours like ancient field marshals. There is something touching about that.
Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with ribald placards and a brass band, to make war upon the Salvation Army.
To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris.
The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide...
I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.
Order is heaven's first law.
If we can string together some wins this year, maybe I'll be a close second-or third behind Bart Starr-on their favorite quarterback list.
Della was my go all in. She was my winning hand. You can't play when you go all in and lose. I'm out." "No, you're not. This hand ain't over yet," Rush said.
There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.
I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.

Peter Hilton famous quotes

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