"In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain, but they have not entered this domain themselves. By their very nature they are more interested in the way in which the gate is opened than in the garden lying behind it."

-- M. C. Escher

#Lying Quotes #Garden Quotes #Division Quotes

“I have yet to hear of anyone who, on his deathbed, wished he'd spent more time at the office.”
“Listen to the women. Women say exactly what they want. Who has concrete plans - not macroeconomics but kitchen table economics. Who will change the situation for their families, and help restore the middle class. Women are also sick to death of having their bodies and their lives treated as a political football.”

Source : "Women Are the Deciders, But for Which Candidate? An Interview With Pollster Celinda Lake". Interview with Martha Burk, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 15, 2012.
“Symbols are the language of something invisible spoken in the visible world.”
“Power flows to those who serve.”
“Are there not, dear Michael, Two points in the adventure of the diver,- One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge; One, when a prince he rises with his pearl? Festus, I plunge.”
“There's lots of opportunities out there in life, but if you never put yourself out on a limb and take chances you'll never dare to be great at anything.”
“Ascribing racial animus to people who are trying to safeguard democratic integrity is a crude yet effective political tactic that obscures the truth. But there's something even worse than name-calling: legal interference from Washington with valid laws.”
“I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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