"God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets."

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Source : Mark Kac, Gian-Carlo Rota, Jacob T. Schwartz (2009). “Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy”, p.62, Springer Science & Business Media

Gian-Carlo Rota

#Men Quotes #Statistics Quotes #Infinity Quotes

“Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks.”
“I'm a writer. Now I've started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say.”

Source : "CNN Larry King Weekend", www.cnn.com. April 27, 2003.
“Our enemy is motivated by hatred and will not stop planning more plots against until they are ultimately defeated. Today was an important and necessary victory in the war, but there is a long road ahead. We must remain committed if we are to succeed and protect our liberty.”
“There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much.”
“There is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule.”
“Let this sad tale of death never be told without a tear: let every parent tell the shameful story to his listening children, till tears of pity glisten in their eyes, or boiling passion shakes their tender frames.”
“Meditation will change your life for the better, enhance your physical health, improve your sleep, and help you achieve your goals, both material and spiritual.”
“Box about: 'twill come to my father anon.”

Source : 'Brief Lives' 'Sir Walter Raleigh'

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