“Intellectually impoverished children now run our institutions,” complained Peavey. “Do not look.”
Price Cummings, Rattle Box.
We cannot begin to see what science is until we appreciate how shallow it is.
Godfrey Daniel, Inspecting the Time Domain.
“Who’s afraid of wolves?” laughed Raymond. “Who’s afraid of an exponential curve? Who’s afraid?”
Giles Coxe-Coburn, Belief in Insects.
“The people who think that they are producing literature [today] are not completely wrong. What they write does mimic literature—sometimes almost impressively.”
Rollin Mungo, Selected Rants of Mr. Barraclough.
The Nihilist, you see, rarely has a good plan for posterity.
Palmer Dove, The Edwardian Moment.
It is impossible to control matters that we refuse to control.
Titus Musgrave, Carthago Delenda Est.
Better dead than read.
Terence Theodore, Proverbs for a New Era.
In so many of the trigonometric expressions, an irrational number is lurking.
Dalton Beggs, Decision Under Uncertainty.
“How, sir? How does choosing to dwell in a house of cards make you one of the intelligent people?”
Bertram Worcester, The Smiling Killer.
“The space between gas molecules,” whispered Bradley. “That’s what we must comprehend.”
Leighton Johns, My Uncle Toby.
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