“Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact that algebra and geometry are different in appearance. Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.” ThinkingShouldTwoBookDifferentFactsAttentionFiveElementsSixPaidAppearanceTricksVainPropositionsGeometryAlgebraObtainingGeometric Author:Omar Khayyam
“When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.” TryingRememberBlackAttentionLordFeetSixFemaleTallRemember MeDescribe Myself Author:Maya Angelou
“What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by.” KnowsNeedsYearsPersonsDoeEndsFormLyingAttentionFeetEconomicMaterialsActivitySixAccomplishmentHeatEach DayPoundsYieldShelterSheerConsumerismThunderPaymentTombsMortgagePyramidsOverconsumptionEconomic SystemsBrainwashedIdiocySense Of AccomplishmentCharades Author:Sterling Hayden
“It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she can lose the reader in six lines, so try to keep the attention of the reader. Also, you learn to research, and to conduct an interview - to extract from the person whatever you need from that person.” KnowsNeedsGivingTryingPersonsLosesLinesAttentionReaderSixResearchToolsJournalismJournalistInterviews Author:Isabel Allende
“...The British press... [claimed that Tony] Blair was simply Bush's poodle - a favorite phrase, bewilderingly popular, although it made no sense - and that he was ignoring the will of the British people. Considering the hacks had spent Blair's first six years in office condemning him for relying on focus groups and opinion polls for his policies - in other words, paying attention to nothing but the will of the people, or at least their whims - that seemed a little rich to me, but as I said, logical consistency has never figured highly in the British media's scale of values.” PeopleYearsFirstsLittlesMadeSaidValuesAttentionOpinionRichFocusGroupsMediaPolicyOfficeSixPressesBritishScalesPay AttentionJournalistPhrasesLogicalConsideringConsistencyPollsWhimHacksBlairCondemningPoodlesOpinion PollsFocus Groups Author:Larry King
“It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.” FirstsWholeAttentionFiveBabySixFirst Baby Book:The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow