"Do not imagine that mathematics is harsh and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealisation of common sense."

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Source : "Life of Lord Kelvin". Book by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, 1910.

Lord Kelvin

#Common Sense Quotes #Imagine Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“If I'd known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can't remember a single project I would have started.”
“If you learn something too well, it will get in the way of your perception of reality.”
“It's always great to have a family member who knows exactly what you're going through in every way, shape, and form, and I'm blessed to have that in my sister.”
“I was born in Connecticut. But my parents brought my sister and I to L.A. when-Hollywood, actually, when i was 6 months old.”
“The two most beautiful sights I have witnessed in my life are a full blown ship at sail and the round-bellied pregnant female.”
“What does this mean 'mailer daemon'? Satan, are you messing with the e-mail system already?”
“I have two rules in life - to hell with it, whatever it is, and get your work done.”
“LUCAS: I've done a couple from memory but they aren't the same. Can't quite get the shape of your jaw. The line of your neck. And your lips. I need to spend more time staring at them and less time tasting them. ME: I can't say i agree with that notion. LUCAS: More of both, then.”

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