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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| a7079ba | Pythagoras, the teacher, paid his student three oboli for each lesson he attended | Simon Singh | ||
| 9e777c3 | Each member of the school was forced to swear an oath never to reveal to the outside world any of their mathematical discoveries. | Simon Singh | ||
| cd9117e | Even after Pythagoras's death a member of the Brotherhood was drowned for breaking his oath--he publicly announced the discovery of a new regular solid, the dodecahedron, constructed from twelve regular pentagons. | Simon Singh | ||
| 14816b6 | The Brotherhood was effectively a religious community, and one of the idols they worshiped was Number. | Simon Singh | ||
| 7edfe57 | although there are plenty of numbers whose divisors add up to one less than the number itself, that is to say only slightly defective, there appear to be no numbers that are slightly excessive. | Simon Singh | ||
| fd3d8af | Euclid discovered that perfect numbers are always the multiple of two numbers, one of which is a power of 2 and the other being the next power of 2 minus 1. | Simon Singh | ||
| 1f44568 | Friends are the siblings God never gave us" (Mencius)" | L.J. Shen | ||
| 8721a0c | La verdad son las tonterias que dice la gente cuando se cree que sabe algo | Carlos Ruiz Zafón | ||
| bdb729a | M...maybe,' I stutter. 'Whatever the reason, this woman has problems. We need to be compassionate, show understanding.' 'Or slice her head off. I have plastic bags.' Sure. We could toss her in the car beside her partner, then drive to the mall where I dumped Macey and line up all three bodies together in the Lexus. Hell, why not steal Connie's corpse from the morgue to complete the set? | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 26b6784 | Now, Master Fowl, let's talk, shall we? | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 9aebd9d | Saints are not allowed to lie, not even to demons. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 21ade40 | Are you an angel or a devil, sir? I need to know. Are you taking me up or down? | heaven down up devil hell | Eoin Colfer | |
| a6d4174 | Today he became a killer, or else a corpse. | murder death killer | Eoin Colfer | |
| 11f06e1 | hardur madur. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| e5d6889 | Toadstool mandarins are a form of toxic jellyfish whose tentacles are loaded with entheogenic venom. The effects of a mandarin sting are threefold. The first is a sharp stinging sensation; the second a nasty red welt, which may fester if not treated with a salve of toadstool mandarin doodoo. And the third is a bold of self-awareness, thanks to the entheogens in the venom. Having been stung, a victim's typical reaction will be something like.. | self-awareness | Eoin Colfer | |
| 9d44d0a | The sun was already long past the spire when Garrick purchased a mug of coffee from his regular man on the tip of Oxford Street. But his palate had been educated by 21st century coffee, and he judged this mug as bilge water not fit for the Irish. | time-travel | Eoin Colfer | |
| 9249ac2 | Great, thought Holly. No matter what dimension you're in, there's a bigheaded male trying to take over the world. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 5ef603e | ADHDDAAADHD (ntm) ABT which stood for Always Dreaming His Dopey Days Away, Also Attention Deficit Hyperflatulence Disorder (not to mention) A Bit Thick. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 019d03f | King Nicholas had explained the lense box to | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 26f257e | Now, Benny was no eejit. He wasn't expecting the Tunisian nationals to be Irish. What he did expect was darkish people with Irishy personalities. That was not what he got. The Tunisians weren't interested in conforming to Benny's preconceptions. They stubbornly insisted on being themselves. | race-relations | Eoin Colfer | |
| 91139bc | Ik heb het nog het best doorstaan, zou ze vermoedelijk ook niet bij de eerste de beste gelegenheid zeggen. Ik had alleen een geperforeerde long en een gebroken sleutelbeen. Je had moeten zien hoe de anderen eraan toe waren. - Holly | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 739044d | Volg de bollen. - Turf | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 50718ae | Als je dan nu misschien die baard wilt loslaten, want ik heb net urenlang bij de kapper gezeten.' 'Echt waar?' 'Nee, natuurlijk niet. Ik woon in een grot. Ik eet aarde. Wat denk je zelf? | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 768d4ff | Het misverstand dat trollen stom zijn is wijdverbreid. Maar trollen zijn in feite hooguit betrekkelijk stom. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 6f2030a | Foaly verspilde maar verder geen tijd aan de vraag waarom hij in vredesnaam een plasmakanon aan een weeshuis zou hebben geschonken. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| bd74c07 | Holly klopte op haar zakken. 'Gut, wat jammer. Laat ik mijn superlaser nou in een andere zak hebben laten zitten. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| cc9fc73 | Geen eenden. Alsjeblieft geen eenden. Ik zou de Nobelprijs nog winnen. - Artemis | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 2ad7cc2 | Ja, ik zou maar snel wegvliegen, Tweety! - Holly | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 4341dea | Artemis zorgde er met wat kussens voor dat Holly gemakkelijk lag. 'Weet toch, lieve vriendin, dat ik zonder jou niet degene zou zijn die ik nu ben.' Hij boog zich dicht naar haar toe en fluisterde: 'Ik was er slecht aan toe, en jij hebt me gered. Dank je wel. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 787d894 | Did you bring any food? I haven't eaten for, wow, it must be minutes. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| a62d61c | Sometimes Spiro missed the times when a troublesome worker was thrown out of a high window and that was the end of him. These days, if you threw someone out of a window, they'd phone their lawyer on the way down. | colfer modernage lawyer window | Eoin Colfer | |
| 6f50196 | most of the Universe's major wars had been caused by zealots aggressively spreading their own religion, so | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 42f5fa4 | Justin Timber-guy | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 8dfa5eb | something no good security man would permit. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 9d6eee6 | He had also written a computer | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 45bd7f5 | Ik ben een centaur, ja, een centaur, dat ben ik. Het is niets voor jou om zo te overdrijven, Artemis.' 'Foaly zingt,' zei Holly. 'Dat is toch tegen de regels?' Vinyaya knipte met haar vingers. 'Stilte, jongens. Onderdruk je natuurlijke neiging om de orde te verstoren. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 12bc206 | Butler leende een woord uit het elfenvocabulaire. 'D'Arvit,' zei hij. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| ed77cdb | Weet je, juffrouw Holly, je ziet er heel dramatisch uit zo met dat vuur achter je. Heel aantrekkelijk als ik zo vrij mag zijn. Ik weet dat je een moment passionne met Artemis hebt gehad...' ... Foaly nam als eerste weer het woord. 'Wat sta je daar nou te kijken, kapitein Short? Wat gaat er op dit moment door je hoofd? Niet nadenken, gewoon zeggen. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| c480ad2 | Ik bewonder haar, moeder, echt. Zoals zij alles aanpakt wat op haar pad komt en nooit opgeeft.' Angeline Fowl zoog verbaasd haar adem in. 'Nou, Artemis Fowl de Tweede, dat is zo'n beetje de langste niet-wetenschappelijke zin die ik je ooit heb horen uitspreken. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 63bf196 | Marineregels, Butler. Je bent op mijn boot, dus ik geef hier de bevelen.' 'Voor zover ik me kan herinneren heb ik die boot hiernaartoe gebracht.' 'Ja, bedankt dat je mijn boot hebt gebracht. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 17ebe15 | Mr. Charismo? Surely not Tibor Charismo, the most famous man in all of England. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| cd6f031 | Right, enough talk. I think it's time Mister Vassikin was introduced to my friend, Mister Fist. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 2c9a9bd | Irina | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 9941259 | You know how they put the bubbles in this stuff?" Vinyaya's mouth twitched with the ghost of a smile. "I thought it was naturally carbonated." "Yeah, that's what I thought until I got a prison job at the Derrier plant. They employ every dwarf in the Deeps. They made us sign confidentiality contracts." Vinyaya was hooked. "So go on, tell me. How do they get the bubbles in?" Mulch tapped his nose. "Can't say. Breach of contract. All I can say.. | Eoin Colfer |