“Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956...But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.” YearsProblemGamesWinningNamesBasketballAchievementGoldBillsAthleteChampionshipMedalGold MedalsNcaa Author:John Eliot
“Dieu, c'est le voile mystérieux sous lequel nous cachons notre ignorance de la cause première. God is the mysterious veil under which we hide our ignorance of the cause.” GodScienceCausesIgnoranceMysteriousVeils Author:Leo Errera
“To succeed in science, one must doubt; to succeed in life, one must be sure.” LifeScienceDoubtSucceed Author:Leo Errera
“[Freud's] great strength, though sometimes also his weakness, was the quite extraordinary respect he had for the singular fact... When he got hold of a simple but significant fact he would feel, and know, that it was an example of something general or universal, and the idea of collecting statistics on the matter was quite alien to him.” KnowsFeelsIdeasSometimesMatterFactsScienceSimpleExampleWeaknessUniversalExtraordinarySignificantAliensStatisticsBiographiesCollecting Book:The life and work of Sigmund Freud Source: The life and work of Sigmund Freud
“Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.” TruthSpiritTruth IsCurves Author:Leo Errera
“Truth is different from error in two respects: it is a little harder to prove and more difficult to admit.” LittlesTwoDifferentTruthScienceDifficultTruth IsProveDifficultyHarderErrors Author:Leo Errera
“The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.” NeedsTruthBearsFruitSeedsParadoxFertileGermsFertile Ground Author:Leo Errera
“Mathematicians are inexorably drawn to nature, not just describing what is to be found there, but in creating echoes of natural laws.” LawScienceFoundNatureNaturalCreatingEchoesMathematicianDescribingNatural Law Author:Roger Lewin
“Leisure: A fancy word for people who don't want to admit they're bored.” PeopleWantBoredFancyLeisure Author:Gene Perret