Lebesgue Quotes

#1. Does anyone believe that the difference between the Lebesgue and Riemann integrals can have physical significance, and that whether say, an airplane would or would not fly could depend on this difference? If such were claimed, I should not care to fly in that plane.

Richard Hamming

#2. Give to these children, new from the world,
Rest far from men.
Is anything better, anything better?
Tell us it then ...

William Butler Yeats

#3. In my opinion a mathematician, in so far as he is a mathematician, need not preoccupy himself with philosophy-an opinion, moreover, which has been expressed by many philosophers.

Henri Lebesgue

#4. When a doting person gets down on all fours and plays with the dog's rubber mouse, it only confuses the puppy and gives him a sense of insecurity. He gets the impression that the world is unstable and wonders whether he is supposed to walk on his hind legs and smoke cigars.

Corey Ford

#5. The only teaching that a professor can give, in my opinion, is that of thinking in front of his students.

Henri Lebesgue

#6. If one were to refuse to have direct, geometric, intuitive insights, if one were reduced to pure logic, which does not permit a choice among every thing that is exact, one would hardly think of many questions, and certain notions ... would escape us completely.

Henri Lebesgue

#7. All you can do is all you can do.

Larry Ellison

#8. All the other guys I think had a scream on Lock, Stock. They just had a laugh and a crack, and thought it would never come out; they were just having a good time. On this one, I felt that.

Guy Ritchie

#9. My mother taught me three simple truths in this world that everyone should recognize: everybody has been dumped; everybody has a bad day; and everybody hates anal (unless you're gay ... even then it's a maybe). These are truths, people.

Brandi Glanville

#10. I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential - especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident.

Susan Orlean

#11. I want Pinterest to be human. The Internet's still so abstract ... To me, boards are a very human way of looking at the world.

Ben Silbermann

#12. Twenty years ago many chemists would have defended the theory of bond arms as a satisfactory explanation because they had become accustomed to thinking of it as unique and as ultimate.

Henry Margenau

#13. I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.

James Carville

#14. Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, Their friendship is as true as ever.

Ming-Dao Deng