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Certainty a strange Ferris wheel of a statement!


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Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security

Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security



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The Internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor.



When asked why he doesn't believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he's a Gemini and Geminis never believe in astrology.

When asked why he doesn't believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he's a Gemini and Geminis never believe in astrology.



Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature.

Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature.



Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think.

Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think.



Mathematicians are a bit like the laconic Vermonter who, when asked if he's lived in the state his whole life, replies, "Not yet."

Mathematicians are a bit like the laconic Vermonter who, when asked if he's lived in the state his whole life, replies, "Not yet."



I think, therefore I laugh.

I think, therefore I laugh.



Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the innumerate into a dumb acquiescence.

Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the innumerate into a dumb acquiescence.



Uncertainty would be the only certainty there's, and realizing how to stay with insecurity could be the only protection

Uncertainty would be the only certainty there's, and realizing how to stay with insecurity could be the only protection



The fashion pages have always baffled me. In my opinion, the articles appear to be full of gobbledygook as to make the astrology column seem factual by comparison.

The fashion pages have always baffled me. In my opinion, the articles appear to be full of gobbledygook as to make the astrology column seem factual by comparison.





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Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.



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Philosophy is doubt.



The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James 1st James 2nd and the Old Pretender.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James 1st James 2nd and the Old Pretender.



If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.

If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.



In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still find myself a self-subsisting and alas! self-seeking me.

In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still find myself a self-subsisting and alas! self-seeking me.



I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.

I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.



Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.




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