“ A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. Harry S. Truman 33rd U.S. President
“ I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work. Harry S. Truman 33rd U.S. President
“ Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself. Alfred Sheinwold Bridge Player
“ Basically, you can live your life in one of two ways. You can let your brain run you the way it has in the past. You can let it flash any picture or sound or feeling, and you can respond automatically on cue, like a Pavlovian dog responding to a bell. Or you can choose to consciously run your brain yourself. You can implant the cues you want. You can take bad experiences and sap them of their strength and power. You can represent them to yourself in a way that no longer overpowers you, a way that "cuts them down" to a size where you know you can effectively handle things. Tony Robbins Author
“ Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry. Carl Theodor Dreyer Film Director
“ A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. Francis Bacon Former Lord Chancellor
“ It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history. Renata Adler Author
“ For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics? Richard Courant Mathematician