“But as the work proceeded I was continually reminded of the fable about the elephant and the tortoise. Having constructed an elephant upon which the mathematical world could rest, I found the elephant tottering, and proceeded to construct a tortoise to keep the elephant from falling. But the tortoise was not more secure than the elephant, and after some twenty years of very arduous toil, I came to the conclusion that there was nothing more that I could do in the way of making mathematical knowledge indubitable.” WorldWayYearsFallFoundLogicTwentiesConclusionSecureCertaintyMathematicalUncertaintyReasoningElephantsToilConstructsFablesOntologyTortoisesGreat Math Book:Autobiography Source: Autobiography
“In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book.” IfsThinkingWayYearsBookWould BeTwentiesFourth Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“As I get older, the more I don't want my life to be emotionally out of balance in the way it was in my twenties.” WayWantBalanceTwenties Author:Elliot Cowan