Ham Quote by Gideon Defoe

“Between you and me, Plato was a hack. All that crap about higher forms and caves? He was drunk when he wrote it. I…

— Gene Doucette

“Reading Plato should be easy; understanding Plato can be difficult.”

— Robin Waterfield

“This love triangle had reached new heights, and as much as Matt loved geometry, this was not the sort of triangle he wanted anything…

— Jessica Park

“It is extraordinary to think about. We still speak of Socratic or Platonic philosophy, but actually being Plato or Socrates is quite another matter.”

— Jostein Gaarder

“What's the matter?" said the old man. "Can't you make up your mind what kind you want?" The kid laughed. "I want them all."…

— Jerry Spinelli

Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy.

— Plato

The tetrahedron was [ Buckminster Fuller's] big thing. He'd talk about it in the same way Plato talked about angles.

— Paul Laffoley

“Better.” He nodded. “When in doubt, think back to the basic shapes to guide your work—triangles, circles, rectangles—there’s a system.”

— Elise Hooper

And Numenius, the Pythagorean philosopher, expressly writes: 'For what is Plato, but Moses speaking in Attic Greek.'

— Clement of Alexandria

“A triangle has three points, just like the number of horns my ex had (she was 50% more evil than Satan).”

— Jarod Kintz

“You know how much I used to like Plato. Today I realize he lied. For the things of this world are not a reflection…

— Tadeusz Borowski

“It is Plato's portrait of Socrates that has inspired thinkers in the Western world for nearly 2.500 years.”

— Jostein Gaarder