"The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and the statesman."

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Source : François Arago, Robert GRANT (F.R.A.S.), Baden Powell, William Henry SMYTH (Rear Admiral.) (1857). “Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men ... Translated by ... W. H. Smyth ... the Rev. Baden Powell ... and R. Grant”, p.235

Francois Arago

#Science Quotes #Limits Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“My biggest fear in life is to be average.”
“If you really serious â€™bout helpinâ€™ somebody, crawl down in the ditch with â€™em, bandage up their wounds, and stick with â€™em until they is strong enough to crawl up on your back and get out”
“I'm the best. That's why I'm so relaxed out there. You've got to have some arrogant bones in your body, especially to be a pitcher in the big leagues.”
“One of the really fascinating areas is marketplaces that take advantage of mobile devices. Ridesharing is the obvious example, but that's just the start of it, of selling goods and services with lightweight mobile apps.”
“If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 09, 2017
“It was always about love. Always, always about love. Lost love, love denied, the obsessive hunger for love. Parental or romantic. Whether it was twisted or pure, fulfilled or unrequited, love was always at the source.”

Source : James W. Hall (2007). “Magic City: A Novel”, p.287, Macmillan
“Religion is something that gets hammered in early, and never really goes away. And has powers to move which go beyond anything rational.”

Source : Glen Cook (2007). “Chronicles of the Black Company”, p.391, Macmillan
“The poet's discourse can be compared to the track of a charged particle through a cloud-chamber. An energised field of association and connotation, of overtones and undertones, of rebus and homophone, surround its motion, and break from it in the context of collision .. in Western poetry so much of the charged substance is previous poetry.”

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