"If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries."

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Source : "The World of Mathematics". Book by J. R. Newman, 1956.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

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“Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer.”

Source : "A Plea for the Queen's English? RU joking?" by Dan Cook, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2010.
“Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic.”
“What's nice about having an engineering degree is everybody thinks you are smart.”

Source : "'Copper's' Ato Essandoh: 'I Look at Doctor Who'". Interview with Jacqueline Cutler, screenertv.com. June 30, 2013.
“I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.”
“When traveling abroad if you see something you yearn for if you can afford it at all, buy it. If you don't you'll regret it all your life.”
“Regardless of how it goes down, life goes on.”

Source : Song: Amazing Grace, 2012
“I honestly think I'm just an actor. It doesn't matter the medium. I can go on stage and be happy, I can be on TV and be happy.”
“We can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to plant good seeds. Which is better is clear, for the Christian ideal is always positive rather than negative.”

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