“And how do we keep our balance?
That I can tell you in one word!”
— Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof
“The object and characteristic of ‘traditions,’
including invented ones, is invariance.”
— Eric Hobsbawm, introduction (link added)
to The Invention of Tradition
“Math is all about questions and answers.”
— Prof. John D. McCarthy, Michigan State U.,
Monday afternoon, October 1, 2012
“Who knows where madness lies?”
— Man of La Mancha
(linked to here Monday morning)