"Another advantage of a mathematical statement is that it is so definite that it might be definitely wrong; and if it is found to be wrong, there is a plenteous choice of amendments ready in the mathematicians' stock of formulae. Some verbal statements have not this merit; they are so vague that they could hardly be wrong, and are correspondingly useless."

-- Lewis Fry Richardson

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“Don't take a butcher's advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he'd be a chef.”
“Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.”

Source : "The Dream of Scipio". Book by Iain Pears, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2002.
“I'd like to get the sex thing over with, but I realized I'm not done with it.You should never will a change in your work-you have to work an idea to death. I often find that the best things happen when you're near the end.”

Source : "Lifting the Veil". The New Yorker Interview, www.newyorker.com. January 28, 2008.
“Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.”
“Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record.”

Source : Andreas Feininger (1982). “Total photography”, Not Avail
“Certainly there's a huge appeal to the '60s, because it was such a big turning point to everyone. It was the era of change, the boiling point. People rebelled against things - the hippies, the feminists, the protesters. All these things just built up and boiled over. I think people can relate to that today.”
“Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own...Whether it our own meaningless self we are upholding, or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.”
“Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.”

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