"I think it is said that Gauss had ten different proofs for the law of quadratic reciprocity. Any good theorem should have several proofs, the more the better. For two reasons: usually, different proofs have different strengths and weaknesses, and they generalise in different directions - they are not just repetitions of each other."

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Source : "Interview with Michael Atiyah and Isadore Singer". Interview with Martin Raussen, Christian Skau, www.researchgate.net. February 2005.

Michael Atiyah

#Thinking Quotes #Law Quotes #Two Quotes

“If you mean, "My gut feeling is telling me this; therefore I can act on it and I don't have to worry," we say you should never trust your gut.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“It cannot be considered success unless you are smiling.”
“If you can handle the fact that people are going to be mad at you when you do what you think is right, you'll be alright.”

Source : "Happy 60th Birthday, Whoopi Goldberg! Our Favorite Quotes From The Actress" by Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2015.
“As far as cheating goes, they'll never stop it. The only way it can be done successfully, only one person can know about it.”
“Keep away from fantasy. Shake off the image,”

Source : Sam Shepard (1997). “Plays”
“We shall not become like Christ until we give Him more time.”

Source : Frank Laubach (2012). “Letters by a Modern Mystic: Excerpts from letters written to his father by Frank C. Laubach”, p.33, SPCK
“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

Source : John Irving (2012). “The World According To Garp”, p.605, Random House
“Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.”

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