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“I have completely forgotten the symbolic calculus.”
Original: (de) Ich habe das symbolische Rechnen mit Stumpf und Stil verlernt.
Habilitation curriculum vitae (1919) submitted to the Göttingen Faculty, as quoted by Peter Roquette, "Emmy Noether and Hermann Weyl" (Jan. 28, 2008) extended manuscript of a talk presented at the Hermann Weyl conference in Bielefeld, September 10, 2006.
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
“Time is still the best critic, and patience the best teacher.”
As quoted in Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils.
Source: Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils (1986) by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, Roy Howat, Naomi Shohet, and Krysia Osostowicz, p. 23
To a secretary, as quoted in Tesla: Man Out of Time (1998) by Margaret Cheney, p. 127 (footnote). https://books.google.pl/books/about/Tesla.html?id=HIuK7iLO9zgC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Never%20trust%20a%20Jew&f=false
Tesla's anti-Semitism appeared sporadic and was unusual among gentiles of his time.
人皆知我所以勝之形,而莫知吾所以制勝之形。
Source: The Art of War, Chapter VI · Weaknesses and Strengths
“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.”
“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.”
“Don't worry about a thing,
'Cos every little thing is gonna be alright.”
Three Little Birds, from the album Exodus (1977)
Song lyrics
“I will either find a way, or make one.”
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
Latin proverb, most commonly attributed to Hannibal in response to his generals who had declared it impossible to cross the Alps with elephants; English translation as quoted in Salesmanship and Business Efficiency (1922) by James Samuel Knox, p. 27.
“Bing? Who the fuck uses Bing?”
After being asked "What about Bing?", after stating stats of 152 million Google searches for her name, in "Billie Eilish: Same Interview, The Third Year", Vanity Fair (25 November 2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YltHGKX80Y8