"Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that things that don't look alike are really the same. That is one of their innermost Freudian motivations. In fact, that is what we mean by understanding."

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Source : Gian-Carlo Rota (2009). “Indiscrete Thoughts”, p.214, Springer Science & Business Media

Gian-Carlo Rota

#Motivation Quotes #Mean Quotes #Science Quotes

“I am well aware of the disagreeable effect produced on the majority of humanity, by whatever relates, even at the slightest degree to calculations or mathematical reasonings.”
“A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.”
“The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore God. The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself.”
“The fact that previous generations have handed down to us a substantial public heritage by way of roads, port, etc. almost completely free of debt, seems to me to impose some limitation on the validity of the theory that by borrowing we should, or could, pass on the burden of development to the next generation.”

Source : "Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council", (p. 131), March 30, 1962.
“If you like easygoing, monogamous men, stay away from billionaires.”
“I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.”
“You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.”
“Well, here's all you need to know. Classes, nothing before 11. Beer, its your best friend, you drink a lot of it. Women, you're a freshman, so its pretty much out of the question. Will you have a car? ... Someone on your hall will, find them and make friends with them on the first day.”

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