“Sometimes a line of mathematical research extending through decades can be thought of as one long conversation in which many mathematicians take part. This is fortunately true at present.” LongSometimesLinesConversationResearchDecadesMathematicalMathematicianExtendingLong Conversations Author:Barry Mazur
“There is an underlying timelessness in the basic conversation that is mathematics.” ConversationMathematicsTimelessness Author:Barry Mazur
“This is a wonderful book, unique and engaging. Diaconis and Graham manage to convey the awe and marvels of mathematics, and of magic tricks, especially those that depend fundamentally on mathematical ideas. They range over many delicious topics, giving us an enchanting personal view of the history and practice of magic, of mathematics, and of the fascinating connection between the two cultures. Magical Mathematics will have an utterly devoted readership.” GivingTwoBookIdeasCultureViewsPracticeWonderfulMagicDependsUniqueConnectionsMathematicsTricksManageMathematicalRangeAweFascinatingDevotedTopicsEngagingDeliciousEnchantingReadershipMagic TricksPersonal ViewsTwo Cultures Author:Barry Mazur
“Rigour is to the mathematician what morality is to men.” MenMoralityMathMathematicianRigour Author:Andre Weil
“First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people.” PeopleFirstsThirdsRateMathematicianSecond Rate Author:Andre Weil
“You can argue with someone's opinion, but you can't argue with their story.” StoriesOpinionArguing Book:Run Baby Run Source: Run Baby Run
“We stink more of the world than we stink of sack cloth and ashes. A lot of contemporary churches today would feel more at home in a movie house rather than in a house of prayer, more afraid of holy living than of sinning, know more about money than magnifying Christ in our bodies. It is so compromised that holiness and living a sin-free life is heresy to the modern church. The modern church is, quite simply, just the world with a Christian T-shirt on!” KnowsWorldFeelsHomeBodyTodayChristianLife IsHouseChristChurchPrayerSinModernHolyContemporaryShirtsHolinessAshesT ShirtHeresyStinkSinningMagnifyingChurch TodayFree LifeHoly Living Author:Nicky Cruz
“He [Sir Alex Ferguson] used to play tapes of Bill Shankly talking. I remember that and a singer he liked. I don't know who it was but it was crap. He played it on the team bus too, and all the boys hated it. Until one night it got chucked away. If he's still wondering who threw that tape off the bus, it was me. So maybe he was right and I'm not to be trusted.” IfsKnowsStillsPlayRememberUsedNightTalkingWonderBoysTeamBillsSingersHatedBusTapeTrustedCrapOne NightAlexFergusonSir Alex Ferguson Author:Gordon Strachan
“Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You'd probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.” YearsHas BeensMomentsPlayerFeetAwarenessBallsEnglandOddThat MomentSuperbScholesPaul Scholes Author:Gordon Strachan