"... combinatorics, a sort of glorified dice-throwing."

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Source : Robert Kanigel (2016). “The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

Robert Kanigel

#Dice Quotes #Mathematics Quotes #Throwing Quotes

“We in the west walked away from Afghanistan at the end of the cold war and left it as a country devastated socially and armed to the teeth. If we do that again there will be consequences.”
“Consider, if you will, the morning boner. What a metaphor of hope and renewal! How can anyone give way to despair when oneâ€™s groin greets each day with such a gala spectacle of physical optimism?”
“I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe, itâ€™s that theyâ€™re dog, and thatâ€™s what dogs do.”
“Perhaps the window is not a sun but an asterisk, interrupting the grammar of the sky, with me sitting below it like a footnote.”
“The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
“Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.”
“Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.”
“Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.”

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