"The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future."

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Source : "The Development of Mathematics" by Eric Temple Bell, (p. 283), 1940.

Eric Temple Bell

#Mistake Quotes #Past Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“Well, at first the band were simply called Horsepower, but a lot of people thought that was something to do with heroin. That really pissed me off, so I decided to put something in front of it to distract them. â€œI got '16' from a traditional American folk song, where a man is singing about his dead wife and 16 black horses are pulling her casket up to the cemetery. I liked the image of 16 working horses.”
“That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many times have you heard Howard Cunningham talking to Marian about shopping? Too many.”
“Do I hear a challenge?â€ she whispers, â€œOh, Carlos. You know I canâ€™t resist a challenge.”
“Love is the last and secret name of all the virtues.”

Source : Iris Murdoch (2001). “A Fairly Honourable Defeat”, p.74, Penguin
“there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.”
“I really like fashion, but I'm not a fashionista by any means.”
“Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party To the church doth hie! Bell, thou soundest solemnly, When, on Sabbath morning, Fields deserted lie!”
“As you get older, you learn there are some things out of your control.”

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