“Rigid distinctions between the deep and the shallow are generally themselves quite superficial.”
Section 5, “Food , Book Reviews, Sports, Obituaries” Introduction (p. 169)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
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American mathematician 1945Related quotes
“Smarmy, plastic, oily, greasy, unctuous, shallow, superficial, old-fashioned, superannuated, crap”
Summing up opinions of him
Obituary in The Independent http://web.archive.org/web/20100507114758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-monkhouse-549171.html
“Silence is deep as Eternity, speech is shallow as Time.”
“Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.”
How to Talk With Practically Anybody About Practically Anything (1970).
“I may be shallow, but my thoughts are deep.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
“Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.”
“Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.”
Source: The Reformed Pastor