“A googolplex is precisely as far from infinity as is the number 1... no matter what number you have in mind, infinity is larger still.” MindStillsMatterNumbersNo Matter WhatInfinity Author:Carl Sagan
“Most games follow a real railroad plot, no matter what you want, you're following their storyline to its unavoidable conclusion. I'd like to write a game where your character can follow any number of possible story arcs and sub-plots.” WantWritingRealMatterCharacterStoriesGamesNumbersNo Matter WhatFollowingWhat You WantConclusionPlotArcsRailroadsStoryline Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“But the bottom line is, no matter what, even if I shoot 90 tomorrow, I'm going to enjoy it. Maybe people will say "Oh, he blew it" or whatever. Maybe I'm going to blow it, it's the first time I've ever been there. What do you expect? You know I'm not number one in the world. My knees are going to touch each other on the first tee tomorrow. But let me tell you, I'm going to enjoy it.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldFirstsMatterEnjoyLinesNumbersTomorrowFirst TimeLet MeNo Matter WhatBottomBlowKneesBottom LineTees Author:Jean van de Velde
“The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training designed to develop our passing ability, which might be three players against another three players, or six versus six, or nine versus nine. But no matter what the numbers were, the side with Paul Scholes on their team would always win by keeping the most possession.” GivingI CanMatterMightThreeWinningSidesAbilityUnitedNumbersPlayerTeamTalentSixTrainingNo Matter WhatPossessionNinePassingPassingsVersusManchesterIllustrationDrillsManchester UnitedScholesPaul Scholes Author:Gary Neville
“We have our core values as a family, and we've kept them, that's our number one priority is making sure our kids know that so they also will have the same values, no matter what circumstances come your way.” KnowsWayMatterKidsValuesNumbersCircumstancesNo Matter WhatPrioritiesCoreCore Values Author:Missy Robertson
“At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man has rights which neither god nor king nor other men can take away from him, no matter what their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled.” MenFirstsMatterEarthNumbersRaceBehindsRightsBloodCenturyBrotherBirthKingsNo Matter WhatChainsBrokeThreshold Book:Anthem Source: Anthem
“'Conservation' (the conservation law) means this ... that there is a number, which you can calculate, at one moment-and as nature undergoes its multitude of changes, this number doesn't change. That is, if you calculate again, this quantity, it'll be the same as it was before. An example is the conservation of energy: there's a quantity that you can calculate according to a certain rule, and it comes out the same answer after, no matter what happens, happens.” IfsMeanMatterMomentsHappensLawScienceCertainEnergyNatureChangeAnswersNumbersExampleNo Matter WhatQuantityMultitudesConservationDinosaursEnergy Conservation Author:Richard P. Feynman