"The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions."

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Alonzo Church

#Annoyed Quotes #Choices Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Half of our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. - John Churton Collins The person who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.”
“He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.”

Source : Walter Lippmann (1960). “A Preface to Morals”, p.224, Transaction Publishers
“It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.”
“Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race.”
“General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.”
“Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese.”
“The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.”
“So thereâ€™s a kind of resurgence of the sense of freedom and spontaneity in nature. From nature being bound into a rigid, deterministic model, freedom, spontaneity and openness are emerging once again. Itâ€™s now recognized the future is open, not determined by the past. And this is true in many realms, the astronomical realm, the human realm, the meteorological realm in many ways.”

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