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William Kingdon Clifford Quotes

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

William Kingdon Clifford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: mathematician
Nationality: english
Birth: May 4, 1845 - March 3, 1879

Topics

Future Belief Open Guidance Deeds

The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.

Good Mathematics Problem Rather Than

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Love Gun See Planet Disappear Would

With Moloko, we tried to be the opposite of what was out there at the time. I like to be different. In the mid-Nineties, music was quite dour and serious, and everything was dressed down. So we went the other way. Our first record was about not wanting to do four-to-the-floor dance music.

Music Time Dance Be Different Down

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Yourself Happy People Be Happy Care

I had no interest in filming. I sometimes went to the studios with my dad, but it was slow-going; it was boring to watch. I always ended up in the rehearsal hall watching the dancing. That's what I liked to do.

Sometimes Boring Watching Dancing Up

I met Kanye. I'm starstruck, man, but I stayed away from that guy. I didn't want him to go on a rant, go off on me. He did it at his wedding.

Man Me Wedding Go Want Him

We need narrative; it feeds us in a particular way, and deconstructing it completely before you've actually experienced it, I think it leaves us unfed.

Think You Way Need Narrative Us

I try and make all my songs sound different from each other while doing it in a way that's still me. It's a tricky thing to do.

Me Doing Way Try Sound Different

I just don't want any songs to go unheard.

Go Want Just Songs Any Unheard

In a drama, you don't make a fool of yourself.

Fool Yourself You Drama Make

There are plenty of skills I've learned from playing video games. It's more interactive than watching TV, because there are problems to solve as you're using your brain.

Brain Video Games Problems You Games

When I was younger, I listened to the greats: Winters, Mel and Carl, Nichols and May, Pryor, Carlin, Klein, Berman and lots of Lenny Bruce albums. But once I started doing fairly well, I didn't want to hear anybody's jokes or premises.

Doing Want Jokes May Started Well

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