“A couple's first task, it has always seemed to me, is to solve the problem of breakfast; if this can be worked out amicably, most other difficulties can too.” IfsFirstsProblemCoupleTasksDifficultySolveBreakfast Author:Julian Barnes
“A physicist friend of mine once said that in facing death, he drew some consolation from the reflection that he would never again have to look up the word "hermeneutics" in the dictionary.” LooksSaidMinesReflectionLook UpConsolationPhysicistDictionaryHermeneuticsFacing Death Book:Facing Up Source: Facing Up
“Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion....There is much to be gained from the discovery that one has been deeply, persistently, and utterly wrong.” ShouldHas BeensMatterDiscoveryObviousSuspicionEvidentDoubted Author:David Mermin
“To be able to say that "if we change our point of view in the following way ... things are simpler" is always a gain.” IfsWayAbleViewsGainsFollowingPoint Of View Book:Exploratory Data Analysis Source: Exploratory Data Analysis
“When I say that a thing is true, I mean that I cannot help believing it... But...I do not venture to assume that my inabilities in the way of thought are inabilities of the universe. I therefore define truth as the system of my limitations, and leave absolute truth for those who are better equipped.” WayBelieveMeanHelpingUniverseAbsolutesAssumingLimitationVentureInabilityAbsolute Truth Author:Learned Hand
“As the Prussian historian Treitschke later complained, the proponents of free trade in Hamburg had 'in German fashion made out of necessity not just a virtue but a theory'.” MadeVirtueFashionTheoryTradeHistorianFree Trade Author:Richard J. Evans
“Confidence? Are you kidding me? I mean, please. Look, some players grow up and play like that. I remember losing junior matches. Just being down 5-2 in the third, and they all just start slapping shots.” LooksMeanPlayRememberGrowsGrowing UpPlayerPleaseLosingShotsThirdsJust BeingJuniorsSlapping Author:Roger Federer
“I'm not the type of guy to go out and just say, 'Hey, I'm raising my fist to do this and do that.' I don't think I'm that type of guy. I wasn't a leader the way other people may have wanted me to be.” PeopleThinkingWayMayWantedGuyLeaderTypeHeyFistsType Of Guy Author:Willie Mays