"Mathematics is a body of knowledge, but it contains no truths."

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Source : Morris Kline (1964). “Mathematics in Western Culture”, p.9, Oxford University Press

Morris Kline

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“I had been thinking independently about our ability to forget things that happened, specifically, events that clearly were wrong, that crossed the line. It seemed to me during the 2000 election recount that the media's narrative was being orchestrated. Shockingly, after the Supreme Court decision, the media simply said, "Time to move on," end of reporting: "Here's the new story." And everyone forgot.”
“The game's in the refrigerator, the door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the Jell-O's jiggling,”

Source : Steve Springer, Chick Hearn (2004). “Chick: His Unpublished Memoirs and the Memories of Those Who Knew Him”, Triumph Books (IL)
“Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.”
“She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that peopleâ€™s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows whatâ€™s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.”
“There is a sign in the heavens Another light in the darkness A better time is beginning There is a fire star coming I see the mark of the ice bear In the tears of the dragon And you'd better start wishing There is a fire star coming Stay with me, my love...... ....Until the stars have blinked their last Wherever on this earth you walk He will arouse, excite, inspire, My Valentine, my one dark fire.”
“If you can build a company and make money, great. But eventually, my intention is to give all my money away. I told my kids that. [Wealth] is not particularly helpful to kids. It's almost a burden. It's better to allow them to do their own thing and have their own successes.”
“I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.”
“... unhappiness is like marriage. We believe we chose it, but then it is choosing us. That is how it is, we can do nothing about it.”

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