John Allen Paulos

“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.”

“Certainty a strange Ferris wheel of a statement!”

“The nuclear weapons on board just one of our Trident submarines contain eight times the firepower expended in all of World War II.”

“I sometimes think it would be beneficial if people thought of each other as “historical factorials.” Thus, (Myrtle!) would be understood not just as present-day Myrtle but as the product of all her past experiences.”