Rigor Quotes

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I shall devote all my efforts to bring light into the immense obscurity that today reigns in Analysis. It so lacks any plan or system,… — Niels Henrik Abel
They [the mathematicians of the Enlightenment] defined their terms vaguely and used their methods loosely, and the logic of their arguments was made to fit… — Tobias Dantzig
I think the rigors of a TV schedule are brutal and 'Six Feet Under' wasn't a network schedule. We did 13 shows, we didn't do… — Frances Conroy
The completion of my undergraduate training at the University of California (Berkeley) provided just the needed touches of rigor at advanced levels in both economics… — Lawrence Klein
But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping… — Buzz Bissinger
There is no rigorous definition of rigor. — Morris Kline
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes… — Emile Chartier
To defend Western Europe we have to let the Pentagon buy all these tanks and guns and things, and the Pentagon is unable to buy… — Dave Barry
The great man presides over all his states of consciousness with obstinate rigor. — Leonardo da Vinci
Affections injured by tyranny, or rigor of compulsion, like tempest-threatened trees, unfirmly rooted, never spring to timely growth — John Ford
The Church does not invent sins but recognizes the will of God and has to declare it. Of course, the great thing.. is that upon… — Pope Benedict XVI
An artist... must actively caress wonder: for fascination, like the desire to play, can be eradicated by the rigors of living. — Eric Maisel
I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody… — Criss Jami
May it not be asked of every intelligent friend to the liberties of his country, whether the power exercised in such an act as this… — James Madison
Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they… — Anna Quindlen
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by… — George Washington
We should be telling girls what they already know but rarely see affirmed: that the lives they lead inside their own self-contained bodies; the skills… — Naomi Wolf
Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method — Abraham Joshua Heschel
It's always gratifying to share a hobby with a friend, and pining for erstwhile suitors falls into that category. In the months to come, Libby… — Patricia Marx
Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death. — Tom Robbins

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