Maurice Allais Quotes

I received my high school baccalaureate diploma in Latin and Science in 1928, then my two baccalaureate diplomas in Mathematics and Philosophy in 1929.

Maurice Allais

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: May 31, 1911 - October 9, 2010

Topics

ScienceMathematicsSchoolPhilosophy

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.

Jim Rohn

HurtSilentWorstTryNeverKnowing

Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction.

John Chamberlain

ArtPeopleFindWillingMadeMeans

There's only so much I can do to effect change - and really, the thing that I can do that's most effective is to work and to do good work. That, I feel, is speaking out in its own way.

John Cho

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There is a close analogy between organic chemistry in its relation to biochemistry and pure mathematics in its relation to physics.

Robert Robinson

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I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

Anita Baker

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I create work, and I devote myself to the creative process, and I try to, you know, stay pure in that process and be worthy of the messages that I receive.

John Zorn

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A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories.

Stefan Banach

BestBetterFindPersonSeeNotice

If you live long enough, you'll experience everything.

Robert Torricelli

LiveExperienceEnoughLongYou

Frankly, with HBO and Showtime and cable shows, the DVD box sets and all, you can have a product that doesn't make you feel like as soon as it's projected, it's thrown away. It's really a piece of art.

Louis Leterrier

ArtFeelYouProductBoxAway

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

Jean de la Bruyere

TimeWorstFirstComplainMakeWho

The excitement of wading into 'reality' and just finding out what happens - and then the challenge of selecting those things that happened and shaping them in the editing into a narrative that will have appeal and be engaging - is a great, great thrill.

Jonathan Demme

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What I was most curious about was why Armstrong, a top U.S. Navy test pilot, flying the most advanced aircraft in the world, would want to join the astronaut corps in 1962, which included chimpanzees and monkeys.

Douglas Brinkley

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