"[I can] scarcely write upon mathematics or mathematicians. Oh for words to express my abomination of the science."

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Thomas B. Macaulay

#Writing Quotes #Mathematics Quotes #Abomination Quotes

“We are assumed to be rather hopeless - swallowed up by incorrect notions, divorced from the original genius with which we are born, lost within days of living this distracting life.”
“I have the necessary lack of tact.”
“Podcasting might be thought of as a form of academic gift”
“It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples,”

Source : "First openly gay bishop Gene Robinson announces divorce from husband" by Martin Pengelly, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2014.
“Your walk with God does not depend on people, places, things or events.”
“My message to businessmen of this country when they go abroad on business is that there is one thing above all they can take with them to stop them catching AIDS, and that is the wife.”

Source : Speech at Runcorn, 12 Feb. 1987, in Guardian 13 Feb. 1987
“She was always young at heart, kind of dumb, kind of smart, and I loved her so.”
“If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.”

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