"Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic."

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Source : David Berlinski (2000). “The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World”, Houghton Mifflin

David Berlinski

#Lying Quotes #Logic Quotes #Mathematics Quotes

“Creativity, my students learn, is as natural a function of the mind as breathing or digestion are natural functions of the body.”
“[President Bush should] quit hiding behind the Secret Service, come out and face the nation and explain his failure to protect the country.”
“So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance.”

Source : Richard Hooker (1830). “The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker”, p.416
“Sometimes the cultures phobia of religion borders on the absurd.”
“If you canâ€™t state your position in eight words, you donâ€™t have a position.”
“Mine's a pretty simple strategy: there's not a lot of talent here, but there's a lot of hustle. I have to be in every place I can, and be busy.”

Source : "America's Idol rich". Interview with John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2007.
“For every curiosity headline that succeed in getting results, a dozen will fail.”
“I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones.”

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