"I read in the proof sheets of Hardy on Ramanujan: "As someone said, each of the positive integers was one of his personal friends." My reaction was, "I wonder who said that; I wish I had." In the next proof-sheets I read (what now stands), "It was Littlewood who said...""

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Source : John Edensor Littlewood, Béla Bollobás (1986). “Littlewood's Miscellany”, p.61, Cambridge University Press

John Edensor Littlewood

#Friendship Quotes #Wish Quotes #Ramanujan Quotes

“Iâ€™d prefer to see both knees on the ground. I mean, if youâ€™re going to grovel, be the best groveler you can, right?”
“People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life.”
“Today I saw a red and yellow sunset and thought, how insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that yesterday too, and it rained.”
“Ladies love me I'm on my cool J”
“Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.”
“What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality.”
“Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.”
“You don't see no city when you look at me cause country's all I am. I love runnin' barefoot through the old cornfields and I love that country ham. Well you say I'm made just to fit your plans but there's a barnyard shovel pick your hands. If your eyes are on me you're lookin' at country.”

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