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“Gradually, by selective breeding, the congenital differences between rulers and ruled will increase until they become almost different species. A revolt of the plebs would become as unthinkable as an organized insurrection of sheep against the practice of eating mutton.”
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“One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.”
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“Don't they get afraid, then?" "They have a religion for that.”
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“It doesn't make much sense and it's nil premium. They're going to have co-CEOs...which is a very uncomfortable structure.”
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“You can't change the fruit without changing the root.”
Source : Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.254, Mango Media Inc.
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“Every mathematician worthy of the name has experienced . . . the state of lucid exaltation in which one thought succeeds another as if miraculously . . . this feeling may last for hours at a time, even for days. Once you have experienced it, you are eager to repeat it but unable to do it at will, unless perhaps by dogged work. . . .”
Source : Andre Weil (2012). “The Apprenticeship of a Mathematician”, p.91, Birkhäuser
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“Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.”
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“I like being around funny people.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
