Author Unknown

Date is when I first heard or saw it.

2005

Mar. 13, 2005 at boole.stanford.edu/dotsigs.html "Sayings of Chairman Pratt":

• An engineer thinks that his equations are an approximation to reality. A physicist thinks reality is an approximation to his equations. A mathematician doesn't care
• .Asked if he believes in one God, a mathematician answered:

  " Yes, up to isomorphism." 

• A mathematician has spent ten years trying to prove the Riemann hypothesis. Finally, he decides to sell his soul to the devil in exchange for a proof. The devil promises to deliver a proof in the four weeks. Half a year later, the devil shows up again - in a rather gloomy mood. "I'm sorry", he says. "I couldn't prove the hypothesis either. But" - and his face lightens up - "I think I found a really interesting lemma..."

• "This is a one line proof...if we start sufficiently far to the left." 

• The highest moments in the life of a mathematician are the first few moments after one has proved the result, but before one finds the mistake. 

• The Poet: Nothing rhymes with orange.

  The Logician: Orange rhymes with orange.

  The Logician-Poet: Nothing rhymes with nothing.

2001

Mar. 31, 2001:
Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes.

2000

Apr. 30, 2000:
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at
the word itself: "Mankind." Basically, it's made up of two separate
words- "mank" and "ind." What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and
that's why so is mankind.

 

Apr. 30, 2000
Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else.

May 1, 2000 
There are three types of people in this world: Those who can count, and
those who can't.

May 1, 2000 
Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives.

1999

Jan. 4, 1999:
Goals are deceptive, the unaimed arrow never misses

Jan. 9, 1999:
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

Jan. 9, 1999:
Time is the best teacher
Unfortunately it kills all its students

1998

Sep. 10, 1998:
Q: What makes God laugh?

A: People making plans.

 

November, 1998:

Watch your thoughts; they become words

Watch your words; they become actions

Watch your actions; they become habits

Watch your habits; they become character

Watch your character; It becomes your destiny

 

Before 1998

Believe in Yourself
and in your dream 
Though impossible 
things may seem. 
Someday, somehow 
you'll get through 
to the goal you have in view
Mountains fall and seas divide
before the one who in their stride
takes a hard road
day by day
Believe In Yourself
and in your plan 
Say not--I cannot--but, I can
The praises of life we fail to win,
because we doubt
the power within.

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