"Mathematics is the supreme judge; from its decisions there is no appeal."

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Source : Tobias Dantzig (2005). “Number: The Language of Science”, Dutton Juvenile

Tobias Dantzig

#Math Quotes #Judging Quotes #Decision Quotes

“In the year that I take off, I don't have any goals. I just surrender to experiences like traveling or learning yoga and meditation or just living in a completely random place like Mongolia or Portugal or Bhutan. Then when I come back, I am much more intuitive, creative, right-brained. That kind of system has been working very well for me.”
“Indeed, the highest pleasure of golf may be that on the fairways and far from all the pressures of commerce and rationality, we can feel immortal for a few hours.”

Source : Colman McCarthy (1977). “The pleasures of the game: the theory free guide to golf”
“Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and chiff-chaffs! What presumption! Why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut and let the birds preach to him?”
“I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.”
“I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.”
“I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.”
“You can't teach people anything. You can only draw out.”
“The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game.”

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