“Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.” NeedsImportantEndsProblemAbleFiguresParticularLogicIntuition Author:Daniel Tammet
“Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone.” CultureLiteratureLanguageNumbersUniversalMathUniversal Language Author:Daniel Tammet
“I certainly have routines in my day-to-day life that are important to me and still give me feelings of security and control, but the capacity to break out of them every so often as I travel has given me a second wind.” GivingStillsImportantFeelingsGivenBreakSecurityWindCapacityGive MeDay To DayBreak OutDay LifeDay To Day Life Author:Daniel Tammet
“I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very clear and delineated borders.” KindClearBordersContentmentHappiness Within Author:Daniel Tammet
“I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy.” ThinkingTaxesStupidityLottery Author:Daniel Tammet
“There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations.” PeoplePersonsExpectationsSurpriseAverageAverage PersonGuidelines Author:Daniel Tammet
“When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I could not do many of the things that most people take for granted, such as looking someone in the eye or deciphering a person's body language, and only acquired these skills with much effort over time.” PeopleChildrenPersonsBodyEyeLanguageSocialEffortSkillsBehaviorIntelligentGrantedLabelsBody LanguageRepetitiveAnti Social Author:Daniel Tammet
“Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.'” SaidChessChampionGreat AmericanFischer Author:Daniel Tammet
“From 'Embracing the Wide Sky', I went to the States, to Canada and to different parts of Europe as well. I gave interviews in several languages.” WellsDifferentStatesLanguageSkyEuropeWideInterviewsCanada Author:Daniel Tammet
“I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent.” YearsLongLostLanguageSocialBitsSkillsAccentsSocial SkillsLearning Language Author:Daniel Tammet
