"It is impossible to discuss realism in logic without drawing in the empirical sciences... A truly realistic mathematics should be conceived, in line with physics, as a branch of the theoretical construction of the one real world and should adopt the same sober and cautious attitude toward hypothetic extensions of its foundation as is exhibited by physics."

-- Hermann Weyl

#Attitude Quotes #Real Quotes #Drawing Quotes

“I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.”
“You have to let life come and go.”
“Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please.”
“Theyâ€™re not hideous,â€ said Tessa. Will blinked at her. â€œWhat?â€ â€œGideon and Gabriel,â€ said Tessa. â€œTheyâ€™re really quite good-looking, not hideous at all.â€ â€œI spoke,â€ said Will, in sepulchral tones, â€œof the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.â€ Tessa snorted. â€œAnd what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?â€ â€œMauve,â€ said Will.”
“Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care.”
“..various people had long had the feeling that gain through pain was nature's way”

Source : Robert Wright (2010). “The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology”, p.429, Vintage
“Be careful, boy. In some tales, the hero gets eaten by the monster after all .”
“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

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