#ow

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#being #capable #facts #knowledge #law

It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that. ↗

— John Poindexter

#flow #ideal #information #realized #uncontrolled

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#bounds #completely #easy #ethical #extent

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#family #family life #great #how #i

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#directors #films #modest #more #number

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#because #change #every #follows #i

In America, it is difficult to be your own man. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#difficult #man #own #your

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity. ↗

— Roman Polanski

#immoral #obscenity #people #realistically #show

I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line. ↗

— Roman Polanski

#cut #dirty #head #his #how

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#experience #must #other #our #own