Demonstrandum Quotes

#1. the clerk in the ministry to correct this, he pulled out his original typescript. "See for yourself, madam. Quod erat demonstrandum it is Missing," he said, as if he'd proved Pythagoras's theorem, the sun's central position in the solar system, the roundness of the

Abraham Verghese

#2. quod erat demonstrandum, which is Latin for which is the thing that was going to be proved, which means thus it is proved.

Mark Haddon

#3. DENNIS, in order to die, one must first be alive."
"Quod erat demonstrandum. Oh, yes, and also: I think, therefore I am.

Keith Caserta

#4. The possibility of success was motivating me more than the fear of failure.

Herman Cain

#5. The only thing I can ever do is make a film that I can respond to. I could not make a romantic comedy for college girls. I wouldn't know how that works.

Shane Carruth

#6. So with each advance in understanding come new questions. So we need to be very humble. We shouldn't have hubris and think that we can understand everything. But history tells us that there is good reason to believe that we will continue making fantastic progress in the years ahead.

Max Tegmark

#7. Justice is justly represented blind, because she sees no difference in the parties concerned. She has but one scale and weight, for rich and poor, great and small.

William Penn

#8. Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society.

Robert Reich

#9. God gives quietness at last.

John Greenleaf Whittier

#10. It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter
an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#11. Bush's life is that a fundamentally decent man presided over a moment when politics got meaner and rougher. '88 was the year of the handler, of bringing in political consultants who played very hard and very tough'.

Evan Thomas

#12. The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

Ludwig Von Mises

#13. The chemicals were both highly flammable and highly toxic, and more than one inexpert bust had ended in conflagration.

Robin Wasserman

#14. The most books and movies that are handed to teenagers are filled with stereotypes.

Nat Wolff

#15. I aspire to a poetry of great formal integrity, deep passion and high intellect, and I have many models for how to do that.

Edward Hirsch

#16. In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life.

Brett Favre