"[On the Gaussian curve, remarked to PoincarÃ©:] Experimentalists think that it is a mathematical theorem while the mathematicians believe it to be an experimental fact."

-- Gabriel Lippmann

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Curves Quotes

“Those lessons that I got along the way are the ones that have shaped my life for the last 20 years.”
“Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.”
“People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes.”
“John Wesley said that if you give up the witchcraft, you must give up the Bible. He is right. The choice is easy for me.”

Source : Rupert Hughes (1940). “Why I Quit Going to Church: With Answers to Critics and Correspondents”
“Once I was playing and moving around and I fell right on my back. Just straight on my back. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life.”
“To retire is to begin to die.”
“I've dated people where we traveled horribly together, and if one thing went wrong, it was horrible for them. Then I've been fortunate enough to have great traveling experiences where everything lined up and even when things went wrong, you just laughed about it. You learn so much about yourself when you're traveling with someone.”
“People feel like they are in turmoil and confusion, but that space of understanding also exists, and the initiations lift that density off them so that they start to glimpse something more of themselves.”

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