Strange as it may
Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations. Ernst Mach
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Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations. Ernst Mach
Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now. Epictetus
Staying aloof is not a solution, it is a cowardly evasion. Eleanor Roosevelt
Under the Bush administration, openness and accountability have been replaced by secrecy and evasion of responsibility. They abuse their power, conceal their actions from the American people, and refuse to hold officials accountable. Edward Kennedy
But then a daring evasion by a leading conveyancer, known as the Lease and Release, received judicial sanction; and commenced a successful career of more than 200 years. The Lease and Release, attributed to Serjeant Moore, was based on the fact that the Statute of Inrolments did not apply to terms of years. Edward Jenks
An Englishman will take you into a large room, beautifully proportioned, and will point out to you that it is white- all over white- and somebody will say what exquisite taste. You know in your own mind, in your own soul, that it is not taste at all˘that is the want of taste˘that is mere … Read more
What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion. Edward Bond
Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology. Friedrich Nietzsche
I want to die, stripped, by myself, of all fantasies. That’s the goal. I want to feel what is real, at the end, and only what is real. Grip fiercely with my eyes all that is around me–the people of my intimate life, the objects in the room, without the evasions of fantasies. Frank Lentricchia
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall. Denis Healey