"Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for another way of reckoning the movements of the heavenly bodies was that I knew that mathematicians by no means agree in their investigation thereof."

“He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him.”

Source : Jerome K. Jerome (2016). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.69, Jerome K. Jerome

“Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.”

“If only. The saddest two words in any language.”

Source : Maggie Osborne (2003). “Shotgun Wedding”

“A mans fame and hayre grow most after death, and are both equally uselesse.”

“I write in praise of the solitary act: of not feeling a trespassing tongue forced into one's mouth, one's breath smothered, nipples crushed against the ribcage, and that metallic tingling in the chin set off by a certain odd nerve: unpleasure.”

Source : Fleur Adcock (2000). “Poems 1960-2000”, Bloodaxe Books Limited

“Live Aid turned our world upside down.”

“It is a misfortune for a science to be born too late when the means of observation have become too perfect. That is what is happening at this moment with respect to physical chemistry; the founders are hampered in their general grasp by third and fourth decimal places.”

“When you don't work for a while, immediately you get a little black mark next to your name.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.