In the "commentatio" (note presented to the Russian Academy) in which his theorem on polyhedra (on the number of faces, edges and… — George Polya Copy Share Image
“One way to think about your life is as an extended free fall. An epiphany may help you see better as you… — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
“The epiphany was simply tucked away for consideration after we were back on campus. Sometimes a revelation comes with a flash of… — Jeffrey A. Lockwood Copy Share Image
The question for the ultimate foundations and the ultimate meaning of mathematics remains open; we do not know in which direction it… — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
I think that what I learned then, I didn't know I was learning. I just knew that I was very privileged to… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
Learning to never quit and keep going is the biggest thing. I don't think it was ever an epiphany, I think that's… — Muneshine Copy Share Image
The rainbow is such a remarkable phenomenon of nature, and its cause has been so meticulously sought after by inquiring minds throughout… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
There's a deli around the corner from my office where I'd get a bag of chips with my sandwich, and I was… — Keith Belling Copy Share Image
You cultivate the subconscious by meditation, by sitting in silence and by not trying to control your thoughts. Then go someplace where… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Well, sometimes love seems easy. Like..it's easy to love rain...and hawks. And it's easy to love wild plums...and the moon. But with… — Billie Letts Copy Share Image
And So, I Was Not A Military Test Pilot, But As Soon As NASA Expressed An Interest In Flying Scientists & People… — Story Musgrave Copy Share Image
The rarity is the sudden epiphany or single turning point showing you with dramatic clarity that your marriage is over, although that… — Laura Wasser Copy Share Image
My thing I always go back to is that sense of finishing 'Castlevania: Symphony of the Night,' and that castle flipping over,… — Cory Barlog Copy Share Image
“Kaladin screamed, reaching the end of the bridge. Finding a tiny surge of strength somewhere, he raised his spear and threw himself… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Alright! You sir, you sir, how about a shave? Come and visit your good friend Sweeney. You sir, too sir? Welcome to… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I am intentionally avoiding the standard term which, by the way, did not exist in Euler's time. One of the ugliest outgrowths… — George Polya Copy Share Image
It was not until some weeks later that I realized there is no need to restrict oneself to 2 by 2 matrices.… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
On my second space walk, I was riding the Canadarm, heading down toward the payload bay of the space shuttle, and I… — Dafydd Williams Copy Share Image
If we were built, what were we built for? ... Why do we have this amazing collection of sinews, senses, and sensibilities?… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I got a job as a children's librarian at PS 175 in Harlem, and that changed everything. That was an epiphany. I… — Lynne Stewart Copy Share Image
“Stories are full of people who find that, in extreme situations, they’re capable of so much more than they imagined they were.… — Amethyst Marie Copy Share Image
[On Archimedes mathematical results:] It is not possible to find in all geometry more difficult and intricate questions, or more simple and… — Proclus Copy Share Image
“The trials and tribulations that are faced in life are merely stepping stones that pave the path that inevitably leads to who… — A.C. Heller Copy Share Image
It seemed like I woke up one morning and had an epiphany. I thought, 'I cannot do this. I do not want… — Mindy Grossman Copy Share Image
I can see in your eyes that there’s no seam of untapped joy left in you. The best of life has come… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Mineral cactai, quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls, the bird that punctures space, thirst, tedium, clouds of dust, impalpable epiphanies of wind.… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I see many people trying to write well about the wilderness, and essentially failing. To me there are basically two aspects of… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
“It is the fire that consumes me; It is an inexplicable love, It is the rain that calms me; It is a… — Zubair Ahsan Copy Share Image
“I had an epiphany a few years ago when I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me… — Moby Copy Share Image
Whether or not you're writing fiction or you're making sculptures. You're trying to create a space. You're trying to make something where… — Denison Witmer Copy Share Image
I mean really wonderful. In teaching. Personal epiphanies. About life. About different perspectives-help with different perspectives that you have. You know what… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
There is no figure more common in scripture, and none more beautiful, than that by which Christ is likened unto light. Incomprehensible… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“And like an epiphany just landed on my shoulder, everything feels right. A calming acceptance settles over me, and I know, that… — P.K. Hrezo Copy Share Image
“Do you ever feel that way?" "Lonely?" I search for the words. "Restless. As if you haven't really met yourself yet. As… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“One way to think about epiphany is to imagine working on a jigsaw puzzle. When you put the last piece into place,… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
The transfinite numbers are in a certain sense themselves new irrationalities and in fact in my opinion the best method of defining… — Georg Cantor Copy Share Image
I had an epiphany where I realised that there are song titles everywhere - in advertising, in conversations with people at the… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
“This is the epiphany, the gift, from those who have crossed over to the realm beyond the veil: We don’t have to… — Colette Baron Reid Copy Share Image
In reality, genuine epiphanies are extremely rare. In contemporary adult life maturation & acquiescence to reality are gradual processes. Modern usage usually… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
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