George Boole It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. – George Boole Conversant Quotes Essence Quotes Ideas Quotes Mathematics Quotes Quantity Quotes Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a masculine vigour of intellect. No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.
Miranda Devine You are free to protest peacefully, but the minute you use violence and attack police, all bets are off. – Miranda Devine
Billy Collins The disappointing second novel is measured against the brilliant first novel – often no novel lives up to the first. Literary improvement seems like an unfair expectation. – Billy Collins
Bruno DumontMen The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It is all about desire. There is no difference between a love triangle and the conflict between Israel and Palestine. – Bruno Dumont
Alice McDermott Read everything. Write all the time. And if you can do anything else that gives you equal pleasure and allows you to sleep soundly at night, do that instead. The writing life is an odd one, to say the least. – Alice McDermott
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