Rigor Quotes

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Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent… — George Chapman
We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must… — Glen E. Morrell
If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous conclusions. — Richard P. Feynman
Where strictness of grammar does not weaken expression, it should be attended to. . . . But where, by small grammatical negligences, the energy of… — Thomas Jefferson
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and… — Shirley Hufstedler
Mathematics brought rigor to Economics. Unfortunately, it also brought mortis. — Kenneth E. Boulding
The use of mathematics has brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately, it has also brought mortis. — Robert Heilbroner
The same individuals who are doing primary research in the role of humans on the climate system are then permitted to lead the [IPCC] assessment!… — Roger A. Pielke
Strenuous intellectual work and the study of God's Nature are the angels that will lead me through all the troubles of this life with consolation,… — Albert Einstein
Cruelty signifies rigor, implacable intention and decision, irreversible and absolute determination, — Antonin Artaud
If I shall be condemned Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else But what your jealousies awake, I tell you 'Tis rigor and not law. — William Shakespeare
I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably… — James C. Collins
Again, I hear almost everyday from atheists who write off religion as primitive, premodern nonsense. I summon Aquinas, Augustine, Paul [of Tarsus], Teresa of Avila,… — Robert Barron
I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors… — Tim Duncan
Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the… — Henry Ward Beecher
He manages to balance Rigor and Mercy. — Paulo Coelho
Besides it is an error to believe that rigour is the enemy of simplicity. On the contrary we find it confirmed by numerous examples that… — David Hilbert
I reiterate that the rigor and credibility brought to the world by Monti's government are for us a point of no return. — Pier Luigi Bersani
The object of mathematical rigor is to sanction and legitimize the conquests of intuition, and there was never any other object for it. — Jacques Hadamard
The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. — Marquis de Custine

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