“The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world.”

A mathematician is an individual who believes that prophesying that his dog will die if he deprives it of food constitutes a prediction.

It is the definition of the word ‘object’ which destroys all religions.

My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong’s record of “West End Blues” for me. I found more jazz on the radio, and began looking for records.

Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining.

A mathematician makes plans to travel backwards in time through a wormhole to a parallel universe when he can’t even make it to Mars with the fastest rocket on hand today.

Whenever I want to represent or depict the official version, I will refer to them as ‘mathematicians’ or ‘mathematical physicists’ or idiots or something like that.

A mathematician is an individual who calls himself a ‘physicist’ and does ‘physics’ and physical experiments with abstract concepts.

For youth, sexual love is whim; for the aged, luxury.

The mathematicians of this world regard themselves as ‘physicists,’ yet they know next to nothing about Physics.

Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it’s futile to continue playing (conceptualizing).

College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cookie cutter to another so that the product comes within tight control limits out of the assembly line.

Atheism is the opium of the mathematicians. Atheism is the religion of Mathematics.

A mathematician is a magician who converts adjectives into nouns: continuous into continuum, infinite into infinity, infinitesimal into location, 0D into point, 1D into line, curved into geodesic.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don’t even look at one another.

I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.

I cannot imagine a more perfect guide to such a rich trove of ancient and modern memories. Illuminating, erudite, entertaining, and evocative.

We were all kind of thrown into the woods and we didn’t have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted.

It’s modern-day slavery.

The problem with modern consumption and mass-produced products is they’re designed to just literally be shoved into our mouths and rushed.