William Thurston Quotes
Mathematics is much less formally complete and precise than computer programs.
William Thurston
Quotes to Explore
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They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.
Donald Glover
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Lenin thought abstract art was a conspiracy by the bourgeois to demoralize the proletariat. Yeah, socialist realism!
Carl Andre
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Moving. Someone said this to me a long time ago, it's bhuddist saying, I think: 'There is no wasted effort'.
Lauren Graham
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Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.
Haim Ginott
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Our lives are changing, this old world keeps turning. And I sit here and wonder, baby, what we're really learning.
Glenn Frey
The Eagles
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It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy that dogs the steps of most artists is that they realise their ideal too absolutely. For, when the ideal is realised, it is robbed of its wonder and its mystery, and becomes simply a new starting-point for an ideal that is other than itself.
Oscar Wilde
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A fun movie is something that is pleasurable without being demanding, you don't have to think too hard.
Ian Bogost
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I wish someone would have told me that, just because I'm a girl, I don't have to get married.
Marlo Thomas
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You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.
Donald Miller
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If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the subtler perception of the way things are. The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.
Lao Tzu
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There are no unbeatable odds, there are no believable gods.
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath
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I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people would immediately know who you were talking about but since being back in America I've realized most people don't know who he is, which I find odd because he was far worse than Charles Manson. He killed many more people than Manson and was actually trying to kill thousands but wasn't careful enough in his process.
Brad Warner
