A Quote by W. W. Rouse Ball

'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?'

W. W. Rouse Ball

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Alive Circle Dear Dear Friend Delusion Friend Given Must Number People Time

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W. W. Rouse Ball
British - Mathematician
August 14, 1850 - April 4, 1925

De Morgan was explaining to an actuary what was the chance that a certain proportion of some group of people would at the end of a given time be alive; and quoted the actuarial formula, involving p [pi], which, in answer to a question, he explained stood for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. His acquaintance, who had so far listened to the explanation with interest, interrupted him and exclaimed, 'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?'

W. W. Rouse Ball

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John Heilemann

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Matthew Rhys

John Galt

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Albert Einstein

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Marshall McLuhan

So many of us have loved ones and people we really care about, and the only time we show affection is when they are gone. I have preached at funerals, and you see loved ones who didn't even say hello to dear ones when they were alive. Give them hugs, kisses while they are alive and need it.

George Foreman

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George Foreman

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Kelly Easton

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The effect is delusion, and therefore the cause must be delusion.

Swami Vivekananda

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