"Thanks to my memory, which enabled me to quote Latin and to discuss Greek and Roman civilization, it became obvious to some of my colleagues in other fields that I was interested in things outside mathematics. This lead quickly to very pleasant relationships."

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Stanislaw Ulam

#Memories Quotes #Latin Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“Explaining why President Bush wasn't following up on his campaign pledge that there would be no loss of wetlands: He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.”
“It's important not to base your ambition on anybody else's history, but to figure out how best to use your own particular personality and understanding of yourself to help tell other people's stories.”
“You might not think it now, but if you're one of God's children, you're going to figure it out by the end of your life God is good.”
“Say not the struggle nought availeth, The labour and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not, nor faileth, And as things have been, things remain.”
“The enemy takes what isn't his. Jesus gives from what is His. Which are you more like?”
“When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. June 30, 2010.
“What has happened to the good old-fashioned travel agent? I want to go to a really posh travel agent and have them organize everything for me. I don't want to do things on the Internet.”

Source : "Me and my travels". Interview With Carl Wilkinson, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2006.
“The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.”

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