#de

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori. ↗

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

#cannot #completely #humility #minds #must

For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties. ↗

— Kurt Student

#another #british #casualties #containers #contributed

The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters. ↗

— Kurt Student

#aim #attack #capital #capture #dutch

A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they should see, and need to be protected by people who are wiser than they are, even if they are only a tiny sliver of the population. ↗

— Jock Sturges

#decided #even #know #minority #need

Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#customs #every #evident #fail #insight

It is not the least anxiety that we have so little powder and lead on hand. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#hand #lead #least #little #powder

At the point when I wanted to become a designer, I didn't think about, 'Oh, but I'm a woman,' just like didn't think about like, well, 'I'm Chinese' or that 'I'm in Michigan.' You know, none of those things were obstacles to me. I just had this idea that this is what I had to do. ↗

— Anna Sui

#become #chinese #designer #had #i

When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration. ↗

— Anna Sui

#books #designer #great #had #i

When I started my own business, my main reason for designing clothes was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people who went to rock concerts. It didn't go beyond that aspiration at that point. ↗

— Anna Sui

#beyond #business #clothes #concerts #designing

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed! ↗

— Anne Sullivan

#behold #changed #happened #heart #joy