"Moreover, if one selects a problem, works on it in isolation for a few years and finally solves it, there is a danger, unless the problem is very famous, that it will no longer be regarded as all that significant."

-- Timothy Gowers

#Years Quotes #Problem Quotes #Isolation Quotes

“I am a former engineer and I was really excited about the possibility of building better technology to serve humanity. A lot of us as engineers have this belief that if you build a tool you somehow can empower humans economically or socially. The idea of building a better technology often means more efficiency.”
“I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.”
“God is not looking for more stars; He's looking for more servants.”
“Misery is almost always the result of thinking.”

Source : Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”
“I love the opportunity to wear something really special and go to a wonderful event at some great cultural institution.”
“A decline of exuberance is just barely noticeable in America, making itself felt particularly among the most highly educated and the well-to-do in a loss of appetite for work and perhaps even for leisure.”

Source : David Riesman (1964). “Abundance for What?”, p.162, Transaction Publishers
“The marriage bed is the most degenerative influence in the social order,”
“I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today's movies. They believe everything they're hearing and seeing. I like to shake that up.”

Source : "Movies to keep you awake at night" by Scott Bowles, usatoday30.usatoday.com. May 24, 2002.

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