Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Friedrich Gauss

I have the vagary of taking a lively interest in mathematical subjects only where I may anticipate ingenious association of ideas and results recommending themselves by elegance or generality.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

It may be true that people who are merely mathematicians have certain specific shortcomings; however that is not the fault of mathematics, but is true of every exclusive occupation. Likewise a mere linguist, a mere jurist, a mere soldier, a mere merchant, and so forth. One could add such idle chatter that when a certain exclusive occupation is often connected with certain specific shortcomings, it is on the other hand always free of certain other shortcomings.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians, Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein.

Alan Stern

We're just learning that a lot of planets are small planets, and we didn't know that before, fact is, in planetary science, objects such as Pluto and the other dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt are considered planets and called planets in everyday discourse in scientific meetings.

Alan Turing

These disturbing phenomena [Extra Sensory Perception] seem to deny all our scientific ideas. How we should like to discredit them! Unfortunately the statistical evidence, at least for telepathy, is overwhelming.

Alan Turing

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

Alan Shepard

Why don't you light that candle ?

Charles Caleb Colton

In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied.

Charles Caleb Colton

No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.

Amanda Hearst

Whenever the subject of doing reality television comes up, I immediately disregard it, because most people don't come off well, and it's embarrassing.

Gary Speed

A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.

Paul Walton

We're going to prove the defendant displayed a wanton and willful disregard for life,

Cynthia Phipps

What has been returned has been recorded. If they turned it in, they can disregard the letter.

Stephen Urban

Seven people (council members) and the mayor (Tom Leighton) seem to disregard the will of the people, ... When is (council's) vote going to take place ... 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010? Is it ever going to take place?

Lloyd Carr

I don't think you ever disregard the record. The record is the results of the games. It's an important standard, and we're all disappointed about it. But I'm not disappointed in our players. They fought to the last minute of the last game.

Max Winkler

I feel like there's a witch hunt by some film sites and people that immediately disregard something if it shows any sort of influence.

Lysander Spooner

Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between parties, and sell the rights, and violate the liberties of the people. Jurors, on the other hand, are exposed to none of these temptations.

Frank Luntz

We as Americans and as humans have very selective hearing and very selective memory. We only hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest.

Donald Trump

We have a special site, a special location. We have a neighborhood that at first was concerned but now has embraced us for the most part.

Todd Jaeger

We have some chain-link fences that are kind of high in back of the high school and we're concerned about kids getting hurt, so it's kind of a double-edged sword there.

Charlie Haden

I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.

Navtej Sarna

We have received this offer and it will be examined in consultation with the concerned authority.

Bubba Franks

We know we're not that far out of it, but all we're concerned with is winning games. And that's going to happen one game at a time,

Rick Carlisle

We know he's going to play because he plays, but we're concerned about it because it is his shooting hand.

John Street

very concerned that all of his years of public service are going to be compromised by the current situation.

Jack Straw

very concerned indeed about the human rights situation.

Steny Hoyer

very concerned by OPM's announcement tonight of a significant increase in health insurance premium costs.