Odd Perfect Numbers

Famous quotes containing the words odd, perfect and/or numbers:

    “I don’t think he has any idea he’s a dog, not really. Of course, he thinks he has a rather odd figure for a man.”
    —Dodie Smith, and Lewis Allen. Pamela Fitzgerald (Ruth Hussey)

    “The universe is not rough-hewn, but perfect in its details. Nature will bear the closest inspection; she invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. She has no interstices; every part is full of life.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “... there are persons who seem to have overcome obstacles and by character and perseverance to have risen to the top. But we have no record of the numbers of able persons who fall by the wayside, persons who, with enough encouragement and opportunity, might make great contributions.”
    —Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)