"It is impossible to overstate the imporance of problems in mathematics. It is by means of problems that mathematics develops and actually lifts itself by its own bootstraps... Every new discovery in mathematics, results from an attempt to solve some problem."

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Howard Whitley Eves

#Mean Quotes #Math Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Life isn't just addition and subtraction. There's also the accumulation, the multiplication, of loss, of failure.”
“People are satisfied with making minor upgrades and tweaking things here and there - as long as that's the landscape, it will keep on happening. I don't see a problem necessarily, but at the same time it is nice to see new things come.”
“Life is all business. Spend your energy to get joy, happiness, evolution, and to gain more ability to enjoy. In this field we spend our energy. We never use our time, energy, speech, or ability to do something that doesn't help us grow and improve our life. It's not worth it.”
“Many traditional religions foster attitudes that ought to have disappeared as biological understanding accumulated over the last century.”

Source : George C. Williams (2014). “The Pony Fish's Glow: And Other Clues To Plan And Purpose In Nature”, p.158, Basic Books
“If fifty men did all the work, / And gave the price to five, / And let those five make all the rules - / You'd say the fifty men were fools, / Unfit to be alive.”
“I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.”
“God is with me. Jesus is near. The Spirit is greater than my fear.”

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