“Sunlight is the best disinfectant.”— William O. Douglas Related Quotes “How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him to sink or swim for a few years in trying to derive it. That would have been merely an instance of the way great mathematicians since the very beginnings of mathematical research have effortlessly maintained their superiority over ordinary mortals.”— Clifford A. Truesdell “Anna,” he said, dragging his frosted fingers through my hair.”Don’t you know what it means when a boy pulls your hair at your birthday party?” “No.” Just, then, i didn’t know what anything meant.”— Sarah Ockler “Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.”– John Updike