264 Quotes by G. H. Hardy

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    We were lucky. Five more minutes and there would have been a lot of people killed or hurt really bad.

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    All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove.

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    We were (24-4) last year, and people didn't expect us to be as good. But it is a credit to the six seniors in there who fought so hard.

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    The fact is there are few more popular subjects than mathematics. Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a pleasant tune.

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    A science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.

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    We need it for our psyche. It's like group therapy. We've likened this to a jazz funeral, we mourn on the way there, and rejoice on the way back. We've got to start rejoicing!

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    A man who sets out to justify his existence and his activities has to distinguish two different questions. The first is whether the work which he does is worth doing; and the second is why he does it (whatever its value may be).

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    The pilot project will provide for the coordination of the lead and cooperating agencies through the permit process. This will provide better coordination and improved use of resources for both the Rawlins and Buffalo offices and the related agencies...

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