"The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the protocol's requirements."

-- Andrey Illarionov

#Country Quotes #Kyoto Quotes #Growth Quotes

“Plenty of mathematicians, Hardy knew, could follow a step-by-step discursus unflaggingly-yet counted for nothing beside Ramanujan. Years later, he would contrive an informal scale of natural mathematical ability on which he assigned himself a 25 and Littlewood a 30. To David Hilbert, the most eminent mathematician of the day, he assigned an 80. To Ramanujan he gave 100.”
“October turned my maple's leaves to gold; The most are gone now; here and there one lingers: Soon these will slip from the twigs' weak hold, Like coins between a dying miser's fingers.”
“This is one of the most important lessons of the scientific method: if you cannot fail, you cannot learn.”
“We are not here to advocate abortion. We do not ask this Court to rule that abortion is good or desirable in any particular situation. We are here to advocate that the decision as to whether or not a particular woman will continue to carry or will terminate a pregnancy is a decision that should be made by that individual. That, in fact, she has a constitutional right to make that decision for herself and that the state has shown no interest in interfering with that decision”

Source : Sarah Weddington (2013). “A Question of Choice: Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.156, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.”
“The most important thing is to focus, focus, focus.”
“I don't think women need another black bag. Everybody has a black bag already, so I thought this season (needs) color.”
“Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight, though very few know the reason for this advantage and how to turn it to account.”

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