"André Weil always looked like that, not only when he talked about the devil."

-- Jordan Ellenberg

#Science Quotes #Devil Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“The child can only develop fully by means of experience in his environment. We call such experience 'work'.”
“Certain books come to meet me, as do people.”
“Autopsies give us the facts but not the truth.”
“...which causes me to wonder, my own purpose on so many days as humble as the spider's, what is beautiful that I make? What is elegant? What feeds the world?”
“I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.”
“Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.”
“We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.”

Source : D. A. Carson (1996). “Exegetical Fallacies”, p.9, Baker Books
“Jazz was uplifted by what I did.”

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