"I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - you write backward Es!"

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Source : "What Philosophers Think" by Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom, (p. 233), 2005.

Hilary Putnam

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Looks Quotes

“How many chapters have been written about love verses - and how many more might be written! - might, would, could, should, or ought to be written! - I will venture to say, will be written!”

Source : Samuel Lover (1842). “Handy Andy”, p.225
“Work organizes life. It gives structure and discipline to life.”
“A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't go.”
“I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.”

Source : "Screenwriter Danny Strong Talks HBO’s GAME CHANGE, Adapting Dan Brown’s THE LOST SYMBOL, and Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. Macrh 6, 2012.
“We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal.”
“Trees give peace to the souls of men.”
“Showed good business judgment, knowing that these continued lawsuits would be the untimely death of the gun industry.”
“Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.”

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