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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