"Math-thinking, I would say, encourages flipping and substituting letters in words (in the novel, one of the boys double-majors in math and myth, for example, and his twin cracks a joke about the father's handwriting that morphs "cacography" into "dadography")."

-- Mary Kay Zuravleff

#Father Quotes #Math Quotes #Boys Quotes

“Do not be afraid because the, community teems with excitement. Silence and death are dreadful. The rush of life, the vigor of earnest men, the conflict of realities, invigorate, cleanse, and establish the truth.”
“I think that we see war as a virtual thing and we even get to believe that bombs fall on top of cardboard cutouts and stuff like that. They don't. They kill real people, real children, real mothers and millions of innocent people.”
“The League of Nations is the greatest humbug in history. They cannot even protect a little nation like Armenia. They do nothing but pass useless resolutions.”

Source : "The Riddell Diaries 1908-1923". Book by George Allardice Riddell, 1986.
“If you are active online or texting, there is a good chance I could look at what you do and know more about you than your family.”
“What men call friendship is only social intercourse, an exchange of favours and good offices; it comes down to a commercial dealing in which self-esteem always expects to profit.”
“Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player”
“the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.”
“After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind.”

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