"It gives me the same pleasure when someone else proves a good theorem as when I do it myself."

-- Edmund Landau

#Giving Quotes #Pleasure Quotes #Prove Quotes

“I have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, We, the People? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the People, instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of the confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one of great consolidated National Government of the people of all the States.”
“Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.”
“So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing ...”
“The idea of, say, the compressed space between the floor and the object hanging over it and then the long space between the object and the ceiling was a kind of interesting idea for me - the idea of compressing and expanding. That was an idea that I worked with, which you could only do sculpturally. You can't really do with a painting on the wall.”
“No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?”

Source : Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.88, Macmillan
“It is particularly appropriate that we unveil this campaign on this first day of the annual international coastal clean-up effort, ... Beach cleanups are something each of us can do any time of the year. I'm proud to be participating in the cleanup efforts today and I encourage everyone to make the time for these types of activities.”
“I take positives out of negatives all the time.”
“That is what love is I thought. A possibility that becomes a choice. A choice you keep making over and over. Day after day. Year after year. Time after time.”

Source : Cameron Dokey (2011). “Golden”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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