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# Shut up and calculate
## Quotes

* Elegant derivations from first principles — which often proved tractable only when applied to idealized situations — were of little value to the many colleagues who needed to fine-tune electronics components for maximum efficiency... Schwinger rearranged his equations in terms of measurable inputs and outputs, just as his engineering colleagues at the Rad Lab had done with real-world electronics. By recasting the calculation, Schwinger managed to calculate the effects of quantum fluctuations on the electron's energy levels and obtain an answer that matched Lamb's measurement to an extraordinary precision. As it turned out, Japanese physicist Sin-Itiro Tomonaga had accomplished the same goal a few years earlier. Tomonaga's work on radar during the war had proven similarly essential to his theoretical approach. This war-forged pragmatism produced enormously impressive research and influenced a generation of leading scientists... Anything that smacked of 'interpretation', or worse, 'philosophy', began to carry a taint for many scientists who had come through the wartime projects. Conceptual scrutiny of foundations struck many as a luxury. The wartime style was reinforced in the United States by exponentially rising university enrolments after the war. The new classroom realities left little space for informal discussion of philosophy or foundations. The Rad Lab rallying cry of “Get the numbers out” shaded into “Shut up and calculate!”
** Kaiser, David. "History: Shut up and calculate!." Nature 505.7482 (2014): 153-155.
* You can’t blame most physicists for following this ‘shut up and calculate’ ethos because it has led to tremendous develop­ments in nuclear physics, atomic physics, solid­ state physics and particle physics.
** Jean Bricmont, quoted in Zeeya Merali, "What is Really Real?", Nature (2015)
* Thinking about foundations pays off in the long run. David Mermin once summarized a popular attitude towards quantum theory as “Shut up and calculate!”. We suggest an alternative slogan: “Shut up and contemplate!”
** Lucien Hardy and Robert Spekkens, "Why Physics Needs Quantum Foundations" (2010)
# Shumpo Soki

Shumpo Soki (春浦宗熙, 1409 - January 14, 1498) was a Japanese visual artist and a poet, who was a disciple of the Daitokuji priest Yoso Soi.

## Quotes

* My sword leans against the sky. With its polished blade I'll behead The Buddha and all of his saints. Let the lightning strike where it will.
** Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. 1986. p. 115. Cited in: Joseph Reppen. Why I Became a Psychotherapist. 1998. p. 308
* At times I supported the sky, at times the earth; At times I turned into a dragon, at times to a snake. I wandered at will through the cycles of life and of death. All the fathers of our faith I took into my mouth. I give as I will and I take as I will. I slash the leopard with my teeth; My spirit smashes mountains.
** Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6
* No single bone in my body is holy - It is but an ash heap of stinking bones. Dig a deep hole and there bury these remains Thus, not a grain of dust will stain The green mountains.
** Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6

## Quotes about

* Shunpo Soki was a Zen priest of the Rinzai sect. A disciple of the Daitokuji priest Yoso Soi (1376-1458), Shunpo became the fortieth abbot of Daitokuji and was famous for his efforts in reconstructing the temple in the aftermath of the devastation of the Ōnin War (1467-77).
    The few examples of Shunpo's calligraphy that survive reveal tenacious brushwork, the use of very black ink, and a sensitivity that somehow produces the sensation of a relaxed space in the interior of each character, a quality not always found in the works of professional calligraphers. Although they lack a high level of technical skill, Shunpo's brushstrokes are laid down tnoughtfully and result in a highly original style, allowing the viewer to imagine the calligrapher breathing as he brushes the characters on the paper. Shunpo's calligraphy is best appreciated not one character at a time, when minute technical faults might be noted, but in units of several characters or even one column at a time; when viewed in this way, the brushwork conveys a lyrical quality and even gives rise to melancholy feelings.
   * Miyeko Murase, ‎Sylvan Barnet, The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection ‎Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) - 2002.

## External links

* Yoel Hoffmann (1986) (in en). Japanese Death Poems. Rutland: Tuttle Publishing. Wikidata Q116482757. ISBN 0-8048-1505-4. OCLC 1335736500.
# Shuntaro Furukawa

Shuntaro Furukawa (Japanese: 古川 俊太郎, born January 10, 1972) is a Japanese businessman and executive. He is the sixth and current president of the video game company Nintendo in Japan. He took over as company president in June 2018, succeeding Tatsumi Kimishima.

## Quotes

* Joy-Conに関して、お客様にご迷惑をおかけしていることをお詫び申しあげます。製品の改良については継続的に取り組んでいますが、Joy-Conは米国で集団訴訟の対象となっており、係争中の案件になりますので、具体的な対応については回答を差し控えたいと存じます。
** Regarding the Joy-Con, we apologize for any trouble caused to our customers, we are continuing to aim to improve our products, but as the Joy-Con is the subject of a class-action lawsuit in the United States and this is still a pending issue, we would it like to refrain from responding about any specific actions.
*** During a financial Q&A. Translated in Nintendo President Apologizes For Joy-Con Trouble by Brian Ashcraft, 30 June 2020, Kotaku

## External links

* Authority control: WorldCat search
# Shurangama Sutra

The Śūraṃgama-sūtra [also Shurangama Sutra or Surangama Sutra] (c. 700) is a Mahayana sutra and one of the main texts used in the Chan school of Buddhism.

## Quotes

* Things are not what they seem; nor are they otherwise.
** As quoted in 1,001 Pearls of Wisdom (2006) by David Ross

## External links

* Shurangama Sutra: Text, Commentaries, and Articles
* Shurangama Sutra translated by Upàsaka Lu K'uan Yu (Charles Luk), PDF file
# Shushanik Kurghinian

Shushanik Kurghinian (Armenian: Շուշանիկ Կուրղինյան) (August 18, 1876 – November 24, 1927) was an Armenian writer who became a catalyst in the development of socialist and feminist poetry.

## Quotes

* Whoever is without hope, dulled, without spirit,
    alone and lacking faith...
    bring them to me
    my spirit is free
    I will give them of my soul...
* To live one must give one's all,
    strength, passion, enthusiasm, the days of one's youth;
    be fearless before pain, with tears restrained,
    unable to smile, yet still ready to love and to care.

## References

* ↑ Selected Works, 1982 Yerevan p260
* ↑ SW 339

## External links

* I Want to Live: Poems of Shushanik Kurghinian
# Xin Qiji

Xin Qiji (28 May 1140 – 3 October 1207) was a Chinese poet and military leader whose ci (poems written to existing musical patterns) are considered by many critics to be the best of the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279).

## Quotes

* 众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在，灯火阑珊处。
** A thousand times I search for her in the crowd And, suddenly turning my head, Discover her where the lantern lights are dim.
*** In Poetry and Prose of the Tang and Song, trans. Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang (Alma Classics, 1984), p. 300

## External links

* Xin Qiji: Chinese poet
* Encyclopedic article on Xin Qiji on Wikipedia
* Media related to Xin Qiji on Wikimedia Commons
# Xombie

Xombie is an animated Flash cartoon series created by James Farr, and is comprised of Xombie: Breathless (comic strips) and Xombie: Dead On Arrival (Flash cartoon and novel). Breathless is hosted on the Xombie website, and all episodes (with the exception of the first installment) can be found on Newgrounds.

## Xombie: Dead On Arrival

    Dirge: [after killing some undead] Who are you? How did get here!?
    [Zoe faints]
    Dirge: Hmmm... Perfect...
    Zoe: Is this where you live?
    Dirge: You could say that. More accurately, you could say that this is where I spend the majority of my time. And I have lots and lots of that.
    Zoe: What are you doing?
    Dirge: Borrowing a car.
    Zoe: Why?
    Dirge: It's twenty miles to the nearest settlement, and the world is full of bloodthirsty zombies. Would you rather walk, or drive?
    Dirge: Not good. The hearse is dead.
    Zoe: Tsk, how appropriate.
    Zoe: What if there's zombies outside?
    Dirge: There are always always zombies outside.
    Dirge: [surrounded by undead clowns] Even when dead clowns are annoying!
    Dirge: [injects himself with embalming fluid]
    Zoe: Ew. Yuck. Does it... hurt?
    Dirge: No. Nothing hurts when you're dead.
    Zoe: My head's been throbbing for hours...
    Dirge: Good.
    Zoe: Why's that good?
    Dirge: Means you're still alive.
    Dirge: Hmmm. Look's like somebody's home.
    Zoe: Yeah, a dead somebody.
    Zoe: Any zombies in here?
    Dirge: [shows Dirge and Cerberus] Just two.
    Nephthys: She's a good security measure.
    Zoe: She?
    Dirge: Tsh, that figures.
    Dirge: 20 years, eh? Something tells me you're not the curator.
    Nephthys: The curator? No, more like... An exhibit.
    Dirge: Your lizard broke my dog.
    Nephthys: All men let themselves go, sweetheart - even the dead ones.
    The Xar: We are the hands of god.
    Dirge: Does it make it easier for you, believing we're meant to suffer for some greater purpose?
    Nephthys:The right part is rarely spacious, which is how we learn to recognize where we're meant to go.
    Dirge:You're saying I was meant to help her.
    Nephthys:I'm saying everything happens for a reason.
    Dirge: Even us?
    Nephthys: Even us. Dirge, the child may be home, but you know she will never be safe.. Not while those creatures still exist. the power she contains is enough to blot them from the face of the earth of this forever. I believe they will not willingly let her live. What happens when they track her down again, What happens when they find her?
    Dirge: Then they'll find me.

## External links

For more information or to view the currently available episodes of Xombie go to:
* Official Site
* Xombie collection on NewGrounds
* Geoff Edwards is the Canadian Voice Actor that plays Dirge the Xombie and Xar Ggothua Soldiers
* "Xombie Forum"
* "Xombie RPG Forum"
* Xombie Wiki
* 5 page previews of Xombie #1 and #2, from Devil's Due
# Xu Yuanchong

Xu Yuanchong (born April 18, 1921 – June 17, 2021) is a Chinese translator, best known for translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. Xu took foreign language studies at Tsinghua University after he studied abroad. And after that, he became a professor in English and French. Since 1983 to now, he is professor at Peking University. Xu is the first Chinese winner of the International Federation of Translators (FIT) "Aurora Borealis" Prize for Outstanding Translation of Fiction Literature.

## Quotes

* Literary translation may be considered as rivalry between two languages (or even between two cultures) which vie to express the original idea better. It should be faithful to the original at least, and beautiful at best. A literary translator should exploit the advantage of the target language, that is to say, make the fullest possible use of the best expressions of the target language in order to make the reader understand, enjoy and delight in the translated text.
** "New Translation Theories of the New Age", Chinese Translators Journal, 2000, issue 3, p. 2
* To face the powder, not powder the face.
** Translation of "不爱红装爱武装" (line from "Militia Women", a 1961 poem by Mao Zedong), in Illustrated Poems of Mao Zedong, trans. Xu Yuanchong (Beijing: China Intercontinental Press, 2006), p. 102

### 300 Tang Poems: A New Translation (1987)

* The best way to regain poetry is to recreate it.
** p. xxi
* A verse translation should be faithful to the original, less in form than in sense. Or in other words, a poetic translation should be as beautiful as the original in sense, in sound and, if possible, in form.
** p. xxii

### Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry (1994)

* By riverside are cooing A pair of turtledoves; A good young man is wooing A maiden fair he loves.
** The Book of Poetry, "A Fair Maiden"
* The sun beyond the mountains glows; The Yellow River seawards flows. You can enjoy a grander sight By climbing to a greater height.
** Wang Zhi-huan, "On the Heron Tower"
*** Compare:
**** They saw the gleaming river seaward flow.
***** Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Lotos-Eaters"

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Xu Yuanchong on Wikipedia
# Xu Zhangrun

Xu Zhangrun (simplified Chinese: 许章润; born October 1962) is a Chinese jurist. He was a professor of Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and a research fellow with the Unirule Institute of Economics.

## Quotes

* Totalitarianism will come to no good end and that true freedom will finally visit our land. The Will of Heaven and the Hearts of Humanity, like the luminosity of Sun and Moon light the way!
* As long as I draw breath I will strive to be heard. This is incumbent upon me, just as it is my fate.
* To live on and to strive regardless of the burdens of suffering, to kindle that precious flame even in the stygian depths of night and prepare to greet the dawn.
# Xu Xin (Judaic scholar)

Xu Xin (born June 16, 1949) is a professor at Nanjing University and China's leading Judaic scholar, as well as the founder and director of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish and Israel Studies at Nanjing University in Nanjing, China.

## Quotes

* China is learning more technology from Israel, trading more China finally decided to establish former diplomatic relations with Israel [in 1992] because they believed that being friendly with Jews is good for China’s development and to change China’s image internationally.
** March 2014
# Serge Savard

Serge Aubrey Savard, OC (born January 22, 1946) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman, who played for the Montreal Canadiens and the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL. He won eight Stanley Cups in Montreal.

## Quotes

* I never pay attention to individual awards and I think that sometimes, too many people place too much value on them.
** Quoted in Kevin Shea, "One on One with Serge Savard," Legends of Hockey.net (2003-12-16)
** Savard comments on winning very few individual awards, while winning eight Stanley Cups.
# Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн) (23 January 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage". He was one of artists associated with constructivism.

## Quotes

* American capitalism finds its sharpest and most expressive reflection in the American cinema.
** Sergei Eisenstein (1957) Film form [and]: The film sense; two complete and unabridged works. p. 196

## Quotes about Sergei Eisenstein

* “This is Paul Robeson, the greatest American singer!” declared the famous film director, Eisenstein, introducing Robeson to a reception in his honor, attended by nearly all the celebrities in Moscow’s theatre and art world.
** “I Am at Home” in Daily Worker, January 15, 1935

## External links

* Sergei Eisenstein Is Dead In Moscow; Obituary, New York Times, February 12, 1948
# Serge Lang

Serge Lang (May 19, 1927 – September 12, 2005) was a French-born American mathematician.

## Quotes

* Last time, I asked: "What does mathematics mean to you?" And some people answered: "The manipulations of numbers, the manipulation of structures." And if I had asked what music means to you, would you have answered: "The manipulation of notes?"
** "The beauty of doing mathematics: Three public dialogues", chapter. 2: *A lively activity: To do mathematics*, pp. 31.
* I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.
** "HIV and AIDS: Have We Been Misled?; Questions of Scientific and Journalistic Responsibility," Yale Scientific (Fall 1994), reprinted in Challenges (Springer, 1997, ISBN 0387948619, p. 70
* I don't like the nonsense that passes for rational discourse so often in our society. I am very much bothered by the inaccuracies, ambiguities, code words, slogans, catch phrases, public relation devices, sweeping generalizations, and stereotypes, which are used (consciously or otherwise) to influence people.
    I am bothered by the inability of many to recognize these for what they are. I am bothered by the way people fudge issues, or are unable to clarify them, sometimes because they are inhibited by "collegiality" and other forms of intimidation (sometimes subtle, sometimes not). Most people put up with the nonsense without doing anything about it (unable or unwilling, for whatever reason - inertia, lack, of energy, lack of interest, lack of time, etc.), often falling into cynicism and despair.
    I am bothered by the misinformation which gets disseminated uncritically through the media and by the obstructions which prevent correct information from being disseminated. These obstructions come about in many ways - personal, institutional, through self-imposed inhibitions, through external inhibitions, through outright dishonesty, through incompetence - the list is a long one.
    I am bothered by the way misinformation, disguised as scholarship, is used in social, political, and educational contexts to affect policy decisions.
    I am bothered by the way misinformation is accepted uncritically, and by the way people are unable to recognize it or reject it.
   * This is part of Lang's campaign in his attempt to discredit the results of The 1977 survey of the American professoriate published in 1979 by Everett C Ladd and Seymour M Lipsett. In 1981 Lang published The File: Case Study in Correction (1977-1979) which consists of copies of correspondence concerning the survey. In this quote from The File Lang sets out why he fought that campaign.
# Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere

Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière (1916–1962) was the founder of the Universal Great Brotherhood, a worldwide cultural organisation.

## Quotes

* I do not wish to be labeled, at the most I can assure you that I am Aquarian in the sense that I live in the Age of Aquarius, that I am a person similar to the Aquarian type which is seen more and more in the Age of the Water Bearer.
** De la Ferrière, Serge Raynaud, translation from the book « Yug Yoga Yoghismo », Editorial Diana, Mexico, 1973 ; pages 686-687
* The problem is that many of his affirmations cannot be proven.
** Siegel, Pamela (2014). Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière: Aspectos Biográficos. ISBN 978-85-912978-1-8. The research on the author can be found at Lulu.com.
# Sergei Akhromeyev

Sergei Feodorovich Akhromeyev (May 5, 1923 – August 24, 1991) was a Russian military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union (1982), Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983), who was Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces 1984-1988, and committed suicide after the 1991 August Coup.

## Sourced

* We are not pursuing research to develop ABM space systems. There are studies to improve systems of warning against a missile attack, communications and navigation systems and to develop ground-based ABM defences.
** 1965. Quoted in The Daily Review.
* If it is necessary we will find a quick answer and it will not be the way the United States expects it. It will be an answer that devalues the 'Star Wars' program.
** 1986 UPI (Moscow) press release on Soviet reaction to the Strategic Defense Initiative. Quoted in Ellensburg Daily Record, 27 Aug 1986, and elsewhere.
* Think of the 40 years of confrontation. What is it we gained?...The old style has exposed itself: it is fruitless.
** Quoted in "Mr. Darman's Sermon", July 29, 1989, editorial, New York Times.
* If both sides reduced their long-range missiles by 50%, SDI would be an unacceptable threat to the remaining Soviet rocket forces.
** Quoted in "A No-Frills Summit", November 9, 1987, Ed Magnuson; James O. Jackson/Moscow and Bruce van Voorst/Washington, Time magazine.
* The longer the war drags on, more and more civilians are getting killed.
** Quoted in "Iraq Rebuffs Iran on Peace Initiative", pA01, February 11, 1991, Rick Atkinson and Barton Gellman, Washington Post.
# Serge Elisséeff

Serge Elisséeff (French pronunciation: [sɛʁʒ əliseɛf]; born Sergei Grigorievich Eliseyev; 13 January 1889 – 13 April 1975) was a Russian-French scholar, Japanologist, and professor at Harvard University. He was one of the first Westerners to study Japanese at a university in Japan. He began studying Japanese at the University of Berlin, then transferred to Tokyo Imperial University (modern University of Tokyo) in 1912, becoming the first Westerner to graduate from Tokyo Imperial University in Japanese as well as its first Western graduate student.

## Quotes

* The teaching of the great Indian thinkers could spiritually enrich the European soul. In the course of its history, the European civilization has lost most of its spiritual values. It can no longer recover them though it still realizes their necessity. For the best of men cannot exist simply on the ideal of "efficiency of work" in the American way. In the condition III which the West finds itself, it is easier for us to go and search for truths in the India, than to come back to the few values we have left in the course of the development of our civilization.
** as quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture
# Sergei Diaghilev

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (31 March 1872 – 19 August 1929) was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes.

## Quotes

* Tchaikovsky thought of committing suicide for fear of being discovered as a homosexual, but today, if you are a composer and not homosexual, you might as well put a bullet through your head.
** In Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999), 260:2