love and distance quotes

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties; He integrates empirically. ~Albert Einstein



Many people, other than the authors, contribute to the making of a book, from the first person who had the bright idea of alphabetic writing through the inventor of movable type to the lumberjacks who felled the trees that were pulped for its printing. It is not customary to acknowledge the trees themselves, though their commitment is total. ~Forsyth and Rada, Machine Learning



Astrology is just a finger pointing at reality. ~Steven Forrest



To most outsiders, modern mathematics is unknown territory. Its borders are protected by dense thickets of technical terms; its landscapes are a mass of indecipherable equations and incomprehensible concepts. Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas. ~Ivars Peterson



I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it. ~Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims



Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post. ~Charles Beresford, telegram reply to a dinner invitation



Time has convinced me of one thing. Television is for appearing on, not looking at. ~Noel Coward, attributed



Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is. ~James Branch Cabell



Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. ~William Makepeace Thackeray



Books are immortal sons deifying their sires. ~Plato



Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread and pumpkin pie. ~Jim Davis



I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood. ~Bill Watterson



Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out. ~Joe Garagiola



The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. ~Pablo Picasso



It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. ~Aeschylus



Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~Norman Cousins



Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump. The only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies. ~R. Owens



Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark. ~Walter Lippmann



History gives answers only to those who know how to ask questions. ~Hajo Holborn, History and the Humanities