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“Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.”
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“But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have to engage.”
Source : Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.9, Canongate Books
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“Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.”
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“I like to skin up ski resorts and, for me, being blind, that's nice because it's wide open, with no avalanche danger.”
Source : Source: www.summitdaily.com
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“Adultery is not a crime, it's an amusement.”
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“Like Molière's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware of all the principles underlying what they were doing. The real nature of the tools of their craft has become evident only within recent times A renaissance of logical studies in modern times begins with the publication in 1847 of George Boole's The Mathematical Analysis of Logic.”
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“Opening things up not closing them off is my job. I'm doing that for my reader. You know, Bob Gottlieb always says, "Criticism is a service industry." I take that very seriously. I do the research so I can tell you interesting things. It's not condescending, it's educational.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“At my age, any day above ground and vertical is a good day.”
