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Stanislaw Ulam Quotes: It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can change the course of human affairs.
         

It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can change the course of human affairs.


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Knowing what is big and what is small is more important than being able to solve partial differential equations.

Knowing what is big and what is small is more important than being able to solve partial differential equations.



Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less.

Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less.



I am turned off when I see only formulas and symbols, and little text.

I am turned off when I see only formulas and symbols, and little text.



Thoughts are steered in different ways.

Thoughts are steered in different ways.



The infinite we shall do right away. The finite may take a little longer.

The infinite we shall do right away. The finite may take a little longer.



The mathematicians know a great deal about very little and the physicists very little about a great deal.

The mathematicians know a great deal about very little and the physicists very little about a great deal.



It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try" more than if you are a pessimist.

It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try" more than if you are a pessimist.



What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.



Do not lose your faith. A mighty fortress is our mathematics. Mathematics will rise to the challenge, as it always has.

Do not lose your faith. A mighty fortress is our mathematics. Mathematics will rise to the challenge, as it always has.



Mathematics may be a way of developing physically, that is anatomically, new connections in the brain.

Mathematics may be a way of developing physically, that is anatomically, new connections in the brain.





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If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning.

If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning.



The next kiss deepened, became more urgent, needy. There was no space between them, and she could feel he enjoyed their closeness. Riley heard him moan and they reluctantly broke apart.

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One role of government is to go where venture capital won't.



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Forget the statistics...we have to do more. You cannot look these children in the eye and see how desperate is their situation without wanting to help.



The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance.

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Never tell yourself ... I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too.

Never tell yourself ... I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too.



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You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.



Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.

Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.



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If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.




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