"It is possible for a mathematician to be "too strong" for a given occasion. He forces through, where another might be driven to a different, and possible more fruitful, approach. (So a rock climber might force a dreadful crack, instead of finding a subtle and delicate route.)"

--

Source : John Edensor Littlewood, Béla Bollobás (1986). “Littlewood's Miscellany”, p.144, Cambridge University Press

John Edensor Littlewood

#Strong Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Different Quotes

“I'm the only talk show host, I think, if there's such a category in, what's called, the book of records, to have a guest die while we were taping the show, yeah.”
“Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.”
“Romance is the douche of the bourgeoisie.”

Source : "Song: San Francisco B.C. (Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea)". June 17, 2008.
“Weight was the thing I hyperfocused on. It went from me losing a few pounds to slowly over time losing more and more weight and becoming more and more focused on it.”
“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.”
“Far too many people have been swept into the post-9/11 system of fear that is the basis of all public policy these days.”
“I don't understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I'm interested in someone, and I don't want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat if I know I'm not interested in that person.”
“No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.”

You may also like:

Andre Weil
Mathematician
Antoni Zygmund
Mathematician
David Hilbert
Mathematician
G. H. Hardy
Mathematician
George Polya
Mathematician
Harold Davenport
Mathematician
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Mathematician
Thomas Hardy
Novelist
Edmund Landau
Mathematician