Stephen Smale famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

An announcement of [Christopher] Zeeman's lecture at Northwestern University in the spring of 1977 contains a quote describing catastrophe theory as the most important development in mathematics since the invention of calculus 300 years ago.
-- Stephen Smale

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She turned to the sunlight Â Â Â Â And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: Â Â Â Â "Winter is dead.
There is a graveyard in my poor heart - dark, heaped-up graves, from which no flowers spring.
The year showed me beyond a doubt that everyone practices cafeteria religion... But the important lesson was this: there's nothing wrong with choosing. Cafeterias aren't bad per se... the key is in choosing the right dishes. You need to pick the nurturing ones (compassion), the healthy ones (love thy neighbor), not the bitter ones.
Iâ€™m not a fan of â€˜write what you know.â€™ If you donâ€™t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing â€˜The Year of Living Biblically.â€™ That was kind of the point â€“ to learn.
A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less.
What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?
Life is more important than 'what film I do next.
You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.
Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.

Stephen Smale famous quotes

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