Books Quote by B.B. Griffith

“As a matter of fact, with all his wit, humor, raillery, persiflage, he was the profoundest logician that ever appealed to the intellect of…

— Herman E. Kittredge

“Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically is to be perpetually astonished.”

— Osip Mandelstam

“There were many times when logic was of no comfort.”

— Patricia Highsmith

“In this distinctive world, elusive quantities flash at the edge of conventional logic.”

— Peter Sloterdijk

“Questioning a genius with logic limits his imagination.”

— Vasilios Karpos

“Logic matters. It leads us from simple ideas to surprising conclusions.”

— Steven E. Landsburg

“Logic is a cruel tool to use for the mending of hearts.”

— Natsuhiko Kyogoku

“In the strangeness of the brightening day it seemed presumptuous that with this feeble, broken instrument of his mind he had ever tried to…

— Fitzgerald

“The best minds have their soft spots and sometimes feel somewhat bruised by the scant respect of logic.”

— Victor Hugo

“His intelligence was relentless and wild, a fire even he couldn't control. It swallowed entire books at a sitting, finding flaws in arguments, gaps…

— Ian Caldwell

“If he would just work with pure ideas like a proper mathematician he could go as fast as thought. As it happens, Alan has…

— Neal Stephenson

“Logic, if used as the main instrument for thinking, frustrates the functions of the mind—it doesn‘t improve them. Great ideas are the result of…

— Vizi Andrei