Paul Erdos Quotes

Suppose aliens invade the earth and threaten to obliterate it in a year's time unless human beings can find the Ramsey number for red five and blue five. We could marshal the world's best minds and fastest computers, and within a year we could probably calculate the value. If the aliens demanded the Ramsey number for red six and blue six, however, we would have no choice but to launch a preemptive attack.

Paul Erdos

Quotes to Explore

I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.

Olivia Holt
- People
- Different
- Happy
I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.

Rafael Nadal
- Time
- Why
- Morning
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

H. L. Mencken
- Men
- True
- Die
The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- May
- Dangerous
- November
He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.

Cab Calloway
- Guy
- Effort
- Silly
The problem with some stars is that they lose perspective about correct adult behavior. People laugh at everything they say and do. Nobody says, 'Chill out, man. That's out of line.'

Gary Goetzman
- People
- Man
- Perspective