"In the end, science as we know it has two basic types of practitioners. One is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, whether it hides in a snail's eye or within the light that impinges on that delicate organ. The second kind of observer is the extreme reductionist who is so busy stripping things apart that the tremendous mystery has been reduced to a trifle, to intangibles not worth troubling one's head about."

-- Loren Eiseley

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“It really is worth the trouble to invent a new symbol if we can thus remove not a few logical difficulties and ensure the rigour of the proofs. But many mathematicians seem to have so little feeling for logical purity and accuracy that they will use a word to mean three or four different things, sooner than make the frightful decision to invent a new word.”

Source : Gottlob Frege (1952). “Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege”
“Edward Isaac Bickert in never one to blow his own horn - figuratively - he is one of the most modest and unassuming men in Jazz. But literally - he blows up a storm .”
“For clearly it is impossible to touch eternity with one hand and life with the other.”

Source : Yukio Mishima (2011). “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion”, p.109, Tuttle Publishing
“I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.”

Source : Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.
“I don't understand how someone can MAKE love without BEING in love.”
“The ethical practices of lawyers are probably no worse than those of other professions. Lawyers bring some of the trouble on by claiming in a sanctimonious way that they are interested only in justice, not power or wealth. They also suffer guilt by association. Their clients are often people in trouble. Saints need no lawyers: gangsters do.”
“Come in the evening, or coming in the morning/Come when you're looked for, or come without warning/Kisses and welcomes you'll find here before you/And the oftener you come here the more I'll adore you.”

Source : Thomas Davis (1846). “The Poems of Thomas Davis: Now First Collected : with Notes and Historical Illustrations”, p.51
“Testing is not a substitute for curriculum and instruction. Good education cannot be achieved by a strategy of testing children, shaming educators, and closing schools.”

Source : Diane Ravitch (2011). “The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education”, p.118, Basic Books

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