"Most likely, logic is capable of justifying mathematics to no greater extent than biology is capable of justifying life."

-- IU?. I. Manin

#Math Quotes #Logic Quotes #Biology Quotes

“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.”
“The whole point is I'm trying to get you to see-to get you out of this malaise of thinking that Jesus and the disciples were poor and then relating that to you thinking that you, as a child of God, have to follow Jesus. The Bible says that He has left us an example that we should follow His steps. That's the reason why I drive a Rolls Royce. I'm following Jesus' steps.”
“The perfect life would be to have an amazing part every year and to spend all my free time to just write.”
“No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.”
“Modern agriculture is the use of land to convert petroleum into food”

Source : "Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis" by Albert A. Bartlett in "American Journal of Physics", Volume 46, No. 9 (pp. 876-888), September 1978.
“The show is in the casting. Choose the right people.”
“We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.”
“The greater the crime perpetrated by the leadership, the less likely it is that the people will ever believe their leaders to be capable of perpetrating such an event.”

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