"The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter."

-- Carl Gustav Hempel

#Math Quotes #Information Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.”
“The only way of full knowledge lies in the act of love; this act transcends thought, it transcends words. It is the daring plunge into the experience of union. To love somebody is not just a strong feeling-it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.”
“But then, that's the beauty of writing stories-each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And when you find that reason and that shape, there's no feeling like it.”
“The happiest end of life is this: when the mind and the other senses being unimpaired, the same nature which put it together takes asunder her own work.”
“I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!”
“She would be a new person, she vowed. They said no matter how far a mule travels it can never come back a horse, but she would show them all.”
“Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.”
“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”

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