Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we
never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
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Philosophers can be divided into 2 classes: those who believe that philosophers can be divided into 2 classes, and those who do not.
Time is just 1 damn thing after another.
Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we
never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
I am the gremlin. I was there.
Making mischief in the air.
And always will be, whenever man flies in the face of creation's plan.
On 2 occasions, I have been asked (by members of Parliament),
"Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right
answers come out?".
I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could
provoke such a question.
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what
the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be
replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Bask in the glorious blur of shattered borders, and don't be surprised at my
callousness to callers.
I'm coming closer to the light so bright and the story that I've written to
them all ends with a postcard.
Eppure si muove.
... but instead it just kept on raining. A veil of tears for the virgin birth.
You and
me and everyone... throwing fire at the sun.
We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice.
When I say I'm stupid, I'm not making a comparison.
All you can do is cling to your own obsessions. All of them, to the end.
Structural Engineering is the art of moulding materials we don't wholly understand, into shapes we can't fully analyse, so as to withstand forces we can't really assess, in such a way that the community at large has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance.
...when the earth was stronger than human greed.
Are you even there?
If God had meant us to do philosophy he would have created us.
Thermodynamics is easy. It's not rocket science. No, hang on a minute, it is.
I saw the light. I saw the light, but hey, it never saw me.
Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood
it.
Woman, man, a modern monkey.
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
In the beginning there was nothing.
And the Lord said: "Let there be light" and there was still nothing, but now
you could see it.
An optimist believes that we live in the best of all possible worlds.
A pessimist fears that this may be true.
God is alive and well, and working on a much less ambitious project.
"..."