Daniel Tammet Quotes

I recited Pi to 22,514 decimal points in five hours and nine minutes. I was able to do this because of weeks of study, aided by the unusual synaesthesic way my mind perceives numbers as complex multidimensional coloured and textured shapes.

Daniel Tammet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 31, 1979

Topics

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Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

John Greenleaf Whittier

FlowerPowerTreePlantsGoldFall

'Sesame Street' early on and then 'Little House on the Prairie' was a big deal in our house. I always identified with 'Little House' because they were wanderers, and there was something about being an immigrant.

John Cho

EarlyHouseStreetImmigrantAlways

It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I've learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

Angelina Jolie

PastYouPlaceGoMoreHard

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Stephen Fry

TruthFreedomI AmLanguagePurity

Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.

Stephen Samuel Wise

VisionLooksAspirationOutward

When I watch drummers, I always want to see energy. It's not about the proficiency of the musicianship; I'm just into the vibe and excitement of it. With drums, it's such a primeval thing.

Mike Joyce

EnergyWantExcitementAlwaysSee

'Home Alone' had become the absolute biggest film I had ever done, and it became the third-highest grossing film of all time. So clearly it had an effect on me that is unparalleled to any other film experience in my childhood.

Devin Ratray

HomeAloneTimeExperienceChildhood

I am one of those who will go on doing till all doings are at an end.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I AmEndDoingGoWillWho

I want to make people laugh first, and that's it.

Sean Hayes

PeopleLaughWantFirstMake

I find politicians globally are somewhat disappointing, not just in Ireland.

Martin Naughton

FindPoliticiansJustIreland

Religions are the cradles of despotism.

Marquis de Sade

ReligionsDespotism

It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.

Koren Zailckas

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