"Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless."

-- Blaise Pascal

#Writing Quotes #Mathematical Quotes #Please Quotes

“The secret to not being afraid is to understand what scares you”
“There is a great difference between the irreconcilable and the self-contradict ory.”
“Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable blessing, the responsibility awful as sweet, of possessing or of being a friend.”
“Earth Is Enough. We men of Earth have here the stuff Of Paradise - we have enough! We need no other stones to build The Temple of the Unfulfilled - No other ivory for the doors - No other marble for the floors - No other cedar for the beam And dome of man's immortal dream. Here on the paths of every-day - Here on the common human way Is all the stuff the gods would take To build a Heaven, to mold and make New Edens. Ours is the stuff sublime To build Eternity in time!”
“Xavier, who looks just like Zeus, not that I have any idea what Zeus looks like...”
“I am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me.”
“In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out.”
“Once a woman turns against you, forget it. They can love you, then something turns in them. They can watch you dying in a gutter, run over by a car, and they'll spit on you.”

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