"Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow."

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Source : Nevil Shute (2010). “Stephen Morris”, p.36, Random House

Nevil Shute

#Design Quotes #Helping Quotes #Equations Quotes

“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”
“I've got no problem with octopuses. It's bugs and spiders that I don't like. Octopuses are cute, in their own 'nature did a lot of drugs' sort of way." - Becks”
“Nor is heaven always at peace.”
“I havenâ€™t been right all year. I guess, you know, when you donâ€™t feel good, and you still get hits, thatâ€™s when you know you are a bad man.”
“Why do airline pilots always call passengers "folks"? I don't usually take umbrage at generic terminology--I'm one of those forward-thinkers who believes that "man" encompasses the whole darned race -- but at whatever 0'clock in the mornning. I thought it would be nice to be called sometihng that suggested unwashed masses a little less.”

Source : Peggy Guggenheim (2016). “Out of This Century: The Informal Memoirs of Peggy Guggenheim”, p.186, Ravenio Books
“Just as the sun is infinitely brighter than a candle flame, there is infinitely more intelligence in Being than in your mind”
“If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.”
“We're not godly because we're perfect. We're godly because we're perfectly broken.”

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