Roger Penrose Quotes

When I was in Cambridge reading mathematics, I went to Amsterdam for the International Mathematics Congress. There I saw M.C. Escher's fascinating work. That inspired me to try my hand at drawing such impossibilities.

Roger Penrose

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WorkMathematicsMeReadingDrawing

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

Joanne Harris

MusicRelaxWritingEditingNeed

Well, some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve.

Andrew Wiles

MathematicsSimpleProblemsYearYou

Once our carrier fleet went all nuclear in 2005, we went from having two aircraft carrier homeports on the East Coast to one.

Ander Crenshaw

TwoAircraftEastEast CoastOnce

Probably the biggest challenge for me as a director was to not show how scared I was. I was surrounded by some of the most talented people in the industry, and I had to pretend I knew what I was doing.

John Krasinski

ChallengePeopleMeDoingDirector

I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into.

Steven Van Zandt

KnowBandSoundEverythingHappen

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.

Robert Frank

Black And WhiteHopeMeColorsBlack

When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me?'

Tom DeLonge

LifeMeOpportunitiesYouChoice

Life can be either of two things: What it makes of you or what you make of it.

Rodney Crowell

LifeYouTwoThingsMakeEither

When Mubarak does die, he will be remembered as the most bland of those military men turned dictators: compare him with Gamal Abdel-Nasser and Anwar Sadat. The legacies most associated with him are a network of bridges and highways and 'stability.'

Mona Eltahawy

MenBridgesDieWillMilitaryHim

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them.

Joshua Bell

GreatTogetherHelpPlayWillMean

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Winston Churchill

GreatDeathI AmMeMeetingMeet

Republicans aren't cowards. Many will take the side of climate principle in a fair fight. But it is asking a lot of them to take a principled stand on climate when they don't see one corporate friend ready to help them.

Sheldon Whitehouse

FriendFightStandHelpReadyWill

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