Quotes by Fundamentals A mathematician would hardly call a correspondence between the set of 64 triples of four units and a set of twenty other units, "universal", while such correspondence is, probably, the most fundamental general feature of life on Earth. Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov twentiesfundamentalsscience What makes it [economics] most fascinating is that its fundamental principles are so simple that they can be written on one page, that anyone can understand them, and yet very few do. Milton Friedman principlessimplefundamentals If a country is an attractive place for foreigners to invest their funds, then that country will have a relatively high exchange rate. If it's an unattractive place, it will have a relatively low exchange rate. Those are the fundamentals that determine the exchange rate in a floating exchange rate system. Milton Friedman floatingfundamentalscountry Does a person have a right to change his or her own religion? This is a fundamental human right, just like a right to freedom of speech. Miroslav Volf freedom-of-speechfundamentalsdoe If freedom's best friends cannot unify around a realistic, actionable program of fundamental change, one that attracts and persuades a broad majority of our fellow citizens, big change will not come Mitch Daniels majoritycitizensfundamentals Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough! Molly Ivins texasfundamentalsway In Italian, the word for novel is romanzo, "the romance." The English is "novel" - something new. Both of those elements, experimentation and love, are fundamental to the form. Mohsin Hamid romanceitalianfundamentals That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer. Morton Gould pianodonefundamentals What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right than a theory that is inelegant. Murray Gell-Mann physicsfundamentalsbeautiful If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the universe can be assigned probability. Murray Gell-Mann fundamentalsgivingway Bush explained his fundamental concept to me, that freedom is not an American invention, but rather a gift from God to all people. Natan Sharansky inventionfundamentalspeople Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed. Neil deGrasse Tyson democracyfundamentalsworld There is no escaping from ourselves. The human dilemma is as it has always been, and we solve nothing fundamental by cloaking ourselves in technological glory. Neil Postman escapinggloryfundamentals Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . . Nelson Mandela overcomingfundamentalsjustice Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions. Nelson Mandela foundationinformationfundamentals No one wants to die, and no one wants to die poor. These are the two fundamental truths that transcend culture, they transcend politics, they transcend economic cycles. Neil deGrasse Tyson fundamentalstwoculture There are very fundamental reasons we live our lives in social networks and if we really understood the role they're playing in our society we would take better care of social networks and find ways to take advantage of their power to improve our society. Nicholas A. Christakis rolescarefundamentals Social media and the Internet haven't changed our capacity for social interaction any more than the Internet has changed our ability to be in love or our basic propensity to violence, because those are such fundamental human attributes. Nicholas A. Christakis mediaviolencefundamentals It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in networks. If I was always violent to you or gave you germs, you would cut the ties to me and the network would disintegrate. In a deep and fundamental way, networks are connected to goodness, and goodness is required for networks to emerge and spread. Nicholas A. Christakis cuttingtiesfundamentals The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character. Nicholas Eberstadt fundamentalscharacterneeds«2122232425262728293031»
