"Imagine a person with a gift of ridicule [He might say] First that a negative quantity has no logarithm; secondly that a negative quantity has no square root; thirdly that the first non-existent is to the second as the circumference of a circle is to the diameter."

-- Augustus De Morgan

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“Those who only seek friends without seeking to be a good friend are selfishly needy and demanding. And those who only want to be a good friend but do not wisely seek good friends are bound to be taken advantage of, abused, neglected, and suffer from their foolish friend choices.”
“I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.”
“God's 'failures' are really man's failures ...”
“We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.”
“The past shouldn't be forgotten. It should be used as a guide for future situations and not used as a reason to avoid making difficult decisions. There was always a choice.”
“The nature of the Catilinarian conspiracy was bad and bloody.”
“Be true to yourself. Never compromise.”
“When you love what you do, more than likely everything is gonna just come out decent.”

Source : Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. October 5, 2009.

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