Quotes About Minus

Infinity minus one," chattered the computer. "Improbability sum now complete.

In mathematics there are "imaginary numbers," strange numbers which, when squared, become minus. They have points of similarity with masks, for putting one mask over another would be the same as not putting on any at all.

And happiness...Well, after all, desires torment us, don't they? And, clearly, happiness is when there are no more desires, not one...What a mistake, what ridiculous prejudice it's been to have marked happiness always with a plus sign. Absolute happiness should, of course, carry a minus sign — the divine minus.

I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one.

And happiness ... Well, after all, desires torment us, don't they? And, clearly, happiness is when there are no more desires, not one ... What a mistake, what ridiculous prejudice it's been to have marked happiness always with a plus sign. Absolute happiness should, of course, carry a minus sign -- the divine minus.

If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.

His attention span is like a minus number," Fauci said privately.

Thomasina Correct? What was incorrect in it? (She looks into the book.) Alpha minus? Pooh! What is the minus for? Septimus For doing more than was asked. Thomasina You did not like my discovery? Septimus A fancy is not a discovery. Thomasina A gibe is not a rebuttal.

On the plus side, there were no rioters in sight but on the minus side this was probably because everywhere I looked was on fire.