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The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#any #civil #civil war #development #direction

The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it. ↗

— James Newman

#about #after #away #being #far

The Theory of Groups is a branch of mathematics in which one does something to something and then compares the result with the result obtained from doing the same thing to something else, or something else to the same thing. ↗

— James Newman

#compares #does #doing #else #groups

It is outrageous to know that security procedures are apparently so lax at the Department of Veterans Affairs that a single bureaucrat had the ability to put the personal information of over 26 million Veterans at risk for sale to the highest criminal bidder. ↗

— Bob Ney

#affairs #apparently #bidder #bureaucrat #criminal

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock. ↗

— Don Nickles

#biggest #buying #companies #date #doing

Keep the problems of clients and prospects confidential. Divulge information only with their consent. ↗

— Arthur C. Nielsen

#confidential #consent #information #keep #only

I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know. ↗

— Lennart Nilsson

#doctor #i #information #just #know

Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original cargo of useless knowledge; history, languages, literatures, the higher mathematics, or what you will - are all gone. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#gone #higher #him #his #history

We're all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it's hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids' plates. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#dietary #find #hard #information #kids

I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#art #art form #entertainment #form #i