Amazement Quote by Martin Gardner

“All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.” quote by Martin Gardner — Download Open image

“All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.”

Martin Gardner

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Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. That is that entire universe is made of matter, obviously. And matter is made of particles. It's made of electrons and neutrons and protons. So the entire universe is made out of particles. Now what are the particles made out of They're not made out of anything. The only…

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There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.

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“Her constant orders for beheading are shocking to those modern critics of children's literature who feel that juvenile fiction should be free of all violence and especially violence with Freudian undertones. Even the Oz books of L. Frank Baum, so singularly free of the horrors to be found in Grimm and Andersen, contain many scenes of decapitation. As far as…

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We started this together, Leo. Seems only right you come along. You find us a ride, you're in." "Yes!" Leo pumped his fist. * * * * * Jason gazed up at the dragon and shook his head in amazement. "Leo, what have you done?" "Found a ride!" Leo beamed. "You said I could go on the quest if I…

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With education symmetrical and true we will take the dead mass buried by slavery's hand and touch them to life. This beauteous angel, which…

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I think it wasn't so much that the White House altered me in any essential way as that I found the resources with which to respond to a series of challenges. You never know what you can do until you have to do it. In the beginning, it was like going to a party you're terrified of, and finding out…

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He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones to ruin.…

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Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.

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Adlai Stevenson, himself a notable speaker, often reminisced about his last meeting with Churchill. I asked him on whom or what he had based his oratorical style. Churchill replied, "It was an American statesman who inspired me and taught me how to use every note of the human voice like an organ." Winston then to my amazement started to quote…

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