"The mathematical tilt remains basic to my epistemological perspective, my howling plea in the still of night for epistemic humility. Mathematics gave me that as, also, did the difficulty I had in talking to my parents. How proofs are conceived is unfathomable. Clearly, there are certain conditions in which the revelation takes place."

-- Zia Haider Rahman

#Humility Quotes #Night Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country and its growth, but the sacred cows have turned into a pack of wolves.”
“My wardrobe is like a garden oh, I don't know how I've got the gall! My wardrobe is just like a wardrobe it's not like a garden at all!”
“I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.”
“Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction with themselves.”

Source : Mario Vargas Llosa (2011). “Making Waves: Essays”, p.52, Macmillan
“I'm not terribly sentimental.”
“Pastors are highly susceptible to the sin of sloth.”
“I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.”

Source : "Gaga over Gugu! PUM One on One: Gugu Mbatha-Raw". Interview with Kam Williams, pittsburghurbanmedia.com.
“Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, 'memex' will do. A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory.”

Source : "As We May Think" by Vannevar Bush, www.theatlantic.com. July 1945.

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