…if F is finitist mathematics then there is no way to prove the consistency of F using F.

— Richard Tieszen, Simply Gödel

According to this theory then, senile decay is simply a by-product of the accumulation in the gene pool of late-acting lethal and semi-lethal genes, which have been allowed to slip through the net of natural selection simply because they are late-acting.

— Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

…much of programming is now taught as if it’s just the process of gluing together functions in libraries.

— Jonathan E. Steinhart, The Secret Life of Programs

students who receive honors grades in college-level physics courses are frequently unable to solve basic problems and questions encountered in a form slightly different from that on which they have been formally instructed and tested.

— Howard Gardner, The Unschooled Mind

…poetic genius comes from divinely inspired madness rather than from knowledge…

— Philosophy Now, Anja Publications