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“Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. The rules which we make up at the beginning seem ordinary and inevitable, but it is impossible to foresee their consequences. These have only been found out by long study, extending over many centuries. Much of our knowledge is due to a comparatively few great mathematicians such as Newton, Euler, Gauss, or Riemann; few careers can have been more satisfying than theirs. They have contributed something to human thought even more lasting than great literature, since it is independent of language.”
Source : "Mathematical Maxims and Minims". Book by Nicholas J. Rose, 1986.
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“The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear.”
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“As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more important than service”
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“My tribulations are so great, my life so disturbed by the plans daily invented to further the King's wicked intention, the surprises which the King gives me, with certain persons of his council, are so mortal, and my treatment is what God knows, that it is enough to shorten ten lives, much more mine.”
Source : "Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen" by Joanna Denny, Da Capo Press, (p. 175), 2006.
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“I'm a vegetarian. I don't eat animals, so I won't wear them.”
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“The freer the soul, the more abstract painting becomes.”
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“In the interests of economy they condemned hundreds of children to death and I call it murder.”
Source : 1923 Speech against the withdrawal of child benefits, including the supply of milk, in Scotland. In Hansard, 27 Jun.
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“Ningauble shrugged. You're a hero. You should know.”
