"A typical mathematician does not actively try to be useful. Individual mathematicians are motivated primarily by a subtle mixture of ambition and intellectual curiosity, and not by a wish to benefit society, nevertheless, mathematics as a whole does benefit society."

-- Timothy Gowers

#Ambition Quotes #Math Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“Habit hath so vast a prevalence over the human mind that there is scarce anything too strange or too strong to be asserted of it. The story of the miser who, from long accustoming to cheat others, came at last to cheat himself, and with great delight and triumph picked his own pocket of a guinea to convey to his hoard, is not impossible or improbable.”
“Men's fashion has a certain heaviness in the fabrics and construction. But also there is a heaviness in the mentality.”
“May your crust be crisp and your bread always rise!”
“I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.”
“Women always look for a peaceful solution to a conflict. They are more sensible when they go for compromise or when they stand by their position. They are ready to listen to different views, to hear all the voices in society.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“No one should be surprised that in the balance between national security and civil liberties, President [Donald] Trump, like candidate Trump wants to be more aggressive.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.”
“Islam takes advantage of two structural flaws that exist in the Western society. One is political correctness and other is the decline of morality.”

Source : Source: myislam.dk

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