The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. – Dorothea Brande Category: Determination
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. – Roger Bannister Category: Determination
Nor has his death the world deceivd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman livd least he like a wise one dyd. – Miguel de Cervantes Category: Epitaphs
There are some mortals who are never happy save when they have some hurt feelings to enjoy. – Author unknown, from Dallas-Galveston News, c.1894 Category: Curmudgeonesque
One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories. – Philip J. Davis Category: Math
