All Daniel Tammet Quotes
- Moment by moment throughout our lifetime, our brains hum with the work of making meaning: weaving together many thousands of threads of information into all… All
- The human brain is like a memory system that records every thing that happens to us and makes intelligent predictions based on those experiences. Based
- We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is known… According
- One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years without any knowledge… All
- I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn’t be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to… Afloat
- I have tried to be more flexible, but I always end up feeling more uncomfortable. Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like… Always End
- Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view. Numbers,… Better
- I'm inconsistent because I'm human. Human
- I remember as a young child, during one of my frequent trips to the local library, spending hours looking at book after book trying in… Appears
- Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know. Abstract
- I changed my name because it didn't fit with the way I saw myself. Changed
- I thought of the infinitely many points that can divide the space between two human hearts. Divide
- When I achieved the European record for reciting pi in 2004, this captured the imagination of Professor Simon Baron-Cohen in Cambridge, and he finally diagnosed… Achieved
- Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is… Able
- Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone. Belong
- I certainly have routines in my day-to-day life that are important to me and still give me feelings of security and control, but the capacity… Break
- I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very… Borders
- I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on… Described
- There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise… Always Surprise
- When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I… Acquired
- Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.' American
- From 'Embracing the Wide Sky', I went to the States, to Canada and to different parts of Europe as well. I gave interviews in several… Canada
- I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my… Accent
- I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world. Broaden
- I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know. Anyone