"It's better to work with a nice category containing some nasty objects, than a nasty category containing only nice objects."

-- John C. Baez

#Nice Quotes #Math Quotes #Nasty Quotes

“As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and richest black people anywhere on the face of the earth including all of the nations that are ruled by blacks.”
“College softball each year reaches new levels of interest.”
“Content to me is very important, but I like it when [the photograph] is also enigmatic. If you don't know what it is you begin to speculate, and that is what I want.”
“President Bush has asserted the right to wiretap and eavesdrop on any American without a warrant in the name of fighting terrorism. He has asserted presidential power beyond stated constitutional rights, and there is no Republican gutsy enough to call his hand.”
“Study is the child of silence and mystery.”
“Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Great things come from out luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup of soup, and a good idea or two. No martinis.”
“Expert victimologists estimate that 91.2 percent of people in North America and Europe now qualify as victims, at least in their own minds.”
“The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.”

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