Quotes about numbers and numbers
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
They say numbers rule the world.
No, they only show how they rule the world. (Numbers (numbers) do not rule the world, but they show how the world is run. It is often said that numbers rule the world; at least there is no doubt that numbers show how it is run.)
Maria Voronova. Loneliness Clinic
Numbers are not important when choosing a woman. The only thing that matters here is whether you want it or not. Age, weight - what difference does it make?
Terry Pratchett. Rock music
There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. But everyone forgets about zero. But without zero, numbers are nothing more than arithmetic. Without an empty chord, music is nothing more than noise.
figures and numbers music emptiness zero
Nada Kryger. Mayan
The most terrible number is zero. Although zero means nothing, it is the most dangerous of all. Dead, locked emptiness. Not a single exit anywhere. Its outer edge is smooth and slippery. What a blessing that zero is almost never found alone.
Pythagoras
Numbers rule the world!
The loneliness of prime numbers (La solitudine dei numeri primi)
Prime numbers are divisible only by one and themselves. These are special numbers, suspicious and lonely. Some prime numbers are even more special: they are called "prime twins", a pair of prime numbers that differ by just 2, like 11 and 13 or 17 and 19. But prime twins never touch because they are always separated by an even number.
Henry Miller. Time for the killers
We have knowledge but no wisdom, comfort but no security, creeds but no faith. Numbers rule the world.
figures and numbers wisdom faith knowledge
Boris Akunin. The whole world is a theater
There is unconditional magic in the combination of numbers; only people who are completely devoid of imagination do not feel it.
- One-two! One-two! - The next number is “three”, if you forgot.
The Snow Queen (Nooneui Yeowang / The Snow Queen)
— A number that is divisible only by one and itself is called a prime number. This is a very proud and lonely number. - It looks like you. But I think it is not alone. There is one more unit. If there is at least one person in the whole world who understands you, then everything is fine.
Quotes on the topic “Numbers”
For thousands of years, people have used their fingers to indicate numbers. So, they, like us, showed one object with one finger, three with three.
You could use your hand to show up to five units. To express greater numbers, both hands and, in some cases, both legs were used.
Nowadays we use numbers all the time. We use them to measure time, buy and sell, make phone calls, watch TV, and drive a car. In addition, each person has different numbers that personally identify him. For example, in an ID card, in a bank account, in a credit card, etc.
Moreover, in the computer world, all information, including this text, is transmitted through numerical codes.
We encounter numbers at every step and are so accustomed to them that we hardly realize how important a role they play in our lives. Numbers are part of human thinking. Throughout history, every people wrote numbers, counted and calculated with their help.
The first written numbers for which we have reliable evidence appeared in Egypt and Mesopotamia about five thousand years ago. Although the two cultures were very far apart, their number systems are very similar, as if they represented the same method - using notches on wood or stone to record the passing of days.
Egyptian priests wrote on papyrus, and in Mesopotamia on soft clay. Of course, the specific forms of their numerals are different, but both cultures used simple dashes for units and other marks for tens and higher orders. In addition, in both systems the desired number was written by repeating the dashes and marks the required number of times.
Two Egyptian documents dating back about four thousand years ago have been found containing the oldest mathematical records yet discovered. It is worth noting that these are records of a mathematical nature, and not just numerical ones.
These documents outline the knowledge of the ancient Egyptians in the fields of arithmetic and geometry. These documents reproduce multiplication tables, measures of area and volume, as well as numerous problems and their solutions.
In Mesopotamia, the sign / signified one and could be repeated up to nine times to represent the numbers one through nine.
The sign meant the number ten and could, in combination with units, represent the numbers from eleven to fifty-nine. To display the number sixty, the unit sign was used, but in a different position. For numbers over seventy, the signs mentioned above were used, but in different combinations.
In the old Babylonian texts, dating back to 1700 BC, there is no special sign for zero; it was simply left with an empty space, more or less highlighted.
The Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphs and numbers too. The Egyptians had signs to represent numbers from 1 to 10 and special hieroglyphs to represent tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions and even tens of millions.
The next stage in the history of numbers was carried out by the ancient Romans. They invented a number system based on the use of letters to represent numbers. They used the letters "I", "V", "L", "C", "D", and "M" in their system.
Each letter had a different meaning, each number corresponding to the position number of the letter. In order to read or write a Roman numeral, you need to follow a few basic rules.
1. Letters are written from left to right, starting with the highest value. For example, "XV" - 15, "DLV" - 555, "MCLI" - 1151. 2. The letters "I", "X", "C", and "M" can be repeated up to three times in a row. For example, "II" - 2, "XXX" - 30, "CC" - 200, "MCCXXX" - 1230. 3. The letters "V", "L" and "D" cannot be repeated. 4. The numbers 4, 9, 40, 90 and 900 should be written by combining the letters “IV” - 4, “IX” - 9, “XL” - 40, “XC” - 90, “CD” - 400, “SM” - 900. For example, 48 is “XL”, 449 is “CDXLIX”. The value of the left letter decreases the value of the right one. 5. A horizontal line above a letter increases its value by 1000 times.
In Central America in the first millennium AD, the Mayans wrote any number using only three characters: a dot, a line and an ellipse.
A dot meant one, a line meant five, and a combination of dots and lines was used to write numbers from one to nineteen. An ellipse under any of these signs increased its value twenty times.
The Aztecs also made do with a small number of signs. Just four:
a dot or circle to indicate a unit; the letter "h" is for twenty; pen for numbers bag filled with grain for 8,000.
Due to the use of a small number of characters to write a number, it was necessary to repeat the same character many times, forming a long series of symbols.
In the documents of Aztec officials there are accounts that indicated the results of the inventory and calculations of taxes received by the Aztecs from conquered cities. In these documents you can see long rows of characters that look like real hieroglyphs.
In China, they used ivory or bamboo sticks to represent numbers from one to nine. The numbers from one to five were indicated by the number of sticks, depending on the number. So, two sticks corresponded to number two. And to indicate the numbers six to nine, one horizontal stick was placed at the top of the number. For example, 6 resembled the letter "T".
The numbers, or symbols of our numbers, are of Arabic origin, by Arab culture, in turn, they were borrowed from India. The period between the eighth and thirteenth centuries was one of the most brilliant periods in the history of science in the Muslim world. Muslims had close ties to both Asian and European cultures. They were able to extract the best from them. In India they borrowed the number system and some mathematical methods.
Quotes about the magic of numbers
This is female logic in the lines and between... Light flirting, whims, affectionate glance. It’s not my fault for the desire to try on all the clothes and rings on my fingers.
Having replaced the wardrobe down to the stockings, the color of lipstick, hair and the design on the varnish. And a character that is not very good for someone, so that they can wave their fists after a fight.
It's me... ...show full text...
The magic of words does not affect the speaker.
Simoron technique “Counting grandmas!”
Since ancient times, humanity has loved to compose proverbs and sayings on the topic of money, and this is unlikely to surprise anyone. After all, no matter how skeptic or spiritual we are, if finances suddenly drag out romances, life ceases to seem so rosy and promising. Of course, worrying about this is harming yourself. However, the general mood is still somehow the same, slightly falling short of an unsure four.
So, if your bastard crept up unnoticed, even if it was visible from afar, and the presence of a banknote... ...show full text...
Simoronsky ritual “Star”
Our life... oh, so much stuff happens in it: bad things happen, and good things abound. According to all textbooks on positive psychology, we ourselves are the cause and effect of the events that occur. Apparently the level of emotion in your blood sometimes goes off scale, since you don’t come out of every situation as a hero.
To tell the truth, worries, doubts and outbursts of negative emotions are a scary thing. In this state it is impossible to influence a favorable outcome. You're like a pendulum swinging from side to side... ...show full text...
I live in a private house. Some anonymous bugger leaves a bag of trash on my lawn every day. Sednya took the book “Magic” from her friend, I’ll try to find a spell so that the garbage finds its owner and gets into his ass!
The fire of a candle is a magical lantern, Which revives the memory of the canvas... And it will predict something, as if of old, And for some reason you believe the predictions. And the colors are dazzling in the night, And everything seems logical... But as soon as the candle wick goes out, Everything around becomes normal. Like wax, dreams will freeze on the table, The meaning will disappear in the visions seen... But the magic of fire will suddenly revive in me the dried sprouts of imagination.
The stupefier is ready to bestow
Beauty is the magic of the body, charm is the charm of the soul.
Simoronsky ritual “Love-carrots”
Haven't you met your soulmate yet?
“And I asked the poplar, and I asked the ash tree,” the sad soul will sigh, “And where is he, no one answered.” Indeed, it’s not order! But do not rush to lose heart, but rather bring your cherished love closer with the help of an excellent Simoron ritual! Like all the others, it is simple and very effective. Believe in your magic, and it will certainly materialize in the real world. To perform the Simoron ritual “Love-Carrot” we need the most ordinary carrot... ...show full text...
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Statuses about date, number
I changed the city, changed the school, a new worldview, a different loved one, a different life - yes, everything is new... but the password on the phone is still the date of your birth... A
friend has the left birthday date in her contact. However.. that didn’t stop her dad from coming in the evening with a gift O_o
wow..yesterday in physics class I opened my notebook and saw the inscription: “I’m tired and I want to go to Dima’s arms :D,” and the date read 10/22/10, and below I wrote: “Dima, you stupid bastard :D” and put the date 01/19/11
Oh yeah! You are brilliant! I fucked myself and wrote in the date of birth column: they don’t ask girls! let this be my secret! And in the line below I indicated the exact date of graduation from school!
And his VKontakte password is my name and date of birth)****
date of death: January 24, 2089 at the age of 93. Reason: Lack of alcohol in the blood...:( fuck your mother :DDD
I have a date today... and I’m at home and sober... yes, that’s all she is...
Date of death: February 23, 2080 at the age of 85 years. Reason: Didn't want to invite friends to the app.
I want to go to a fairy tale, where there are always friends, where there is always a place for laughter, where Christmas is not just a date on the calendar, but a holiday full of happiness and magic...©
Today is 3 months since we met, the date is certainly not round, but he took it and where did he disappear this evening.....:(
I’m running to work, and my grandmother is standing at the intersection. Without having time to approach her, she said to me: “Date and day of the week?”, I’m scared, February 26th is Sunday! It seems like everyday life is winter here!!! XD
My passwords for everything are either his name or date of birth. Am I the only one doing this?
“April 26, 1986.” This date shook the whole world! Don’t shake me with the question: “What kind of date is this?”
read aloud and quickly “painted date”)) XDDD.
Today my sister and I are buying sour cream from the store, and on it is the production date: 12/31/2009... Psst, today is only the 30th!) Probably the sour cream of the future)))
What's your birthday? -You mean the date or what the hell?
soon there will be 4 dates on the graves: date of birth, date of death, date of registration in contact, date of removal from contact (if managed)
— I don’t like the number thirteen. - I like this. - yes, you generally like everything fucking. - yes, you for example.
Better yet, become number thirty in February. And with this, make everyone not think about you.
Outside her window there is always either pouring rain or a cold wind, and she tries with all her might to make sure that no one notices her weather. she sets tasks for herself with an infinite number of unknowns, and often laughs, knowing that laughter is the cure for everything in the world... (c)
Vacations are when you have no idea what day of the week it is, what date it is, and you don’t care at all!
I continue with simple movements, I attend driving lessons, and reduce the population
January 1st is the day of the holy pickle and mineral water) he is cute, damn cute and it drives me crazy every day
the boss thinks he’s paying me money…. let him think that I’m working!!!
In order to understand a person it takes an hour, a day to love and an eternity to forget!!!
Do you know how painful it is... every day to see his eyes, to see his lips, and to know that this is not yours!!! Just waking up one day, I opened my eyes to the fact that an SMS came in. Honey, I love you!!! After these words, I realized that he is all mine!))) dreams come true even in a dream!))))
Admit it! You, too, when you buy new shoes, walk around the apartment in them all day
proverbs about numbers
PROVERBS, SAYINGS, WINGED WORDS
(about numbers)
Proverbs are short folk sayings with edifying content, folk aphorisms.
Proverbs are short, set expressions, mostly figurative, which, unlike proverbs, do not constitute complete statements.
Winged words are figurative, apt expressions, sayings that have come into general use.
The Russian people, like any other, have countless proverbs and sayings. It is difficult to say from what time proverbs and sayings began to circulate among the people. These little wise sayings were created and accumulated by the people over centuries of history. They reflect his life, working conditions, culture. A proverb is always instructive. It always has a conclusion that is useful for everyone to remember.
Proverbs and sayings stick firmly in the memory, their memorization is facilitated by various consonances and rhymes. They are short, there are no unnecessary words, each word is weighty, meaningful and precise:
The proverb is not said in vain.
A stupid speech is not a proverb.
The proverb is an assistant to all matters.
Vladimir Ivanovich Dal, compiler of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, wrote that the proverb “is the flower of the people’s mind, it is the everyday folk truth.” Mikhail Sholokhov called the proverb “clumps of reason”, “winged wisdom”.
In our speech, we use not only proverbs and sayings, but also popular expressions that are very similar to them: short quotes, figurative expressions, and sayings of historical figures included in our speech from literary sources.
Winged expressions are, as it were, halfway to proverbs: like proverbs, they are widely used in speech, but, in contrast to proverbs, they usually belong to a well-known author.
How many proverbs, sayings, and catchphrases do you know? There are countless of them, so let’s remember only those that contain numbers.
Zero without a stick (simple). A worthless, insignificant person.
Zero attention (simple). Complete indifference, indifference on the part of someone to someone or something.
Absolute zero, round zero . An insignificant person, completely useless in any matter.
Reduce to zero, reduce to zero . Deprive of all meaning and significance. (compare “to nullify”).
One spring in your homeland is better than a hundred springs in a foreign land. One bee will make a little honey. If you cut down one tree, you plant ten. You can't clap your hands with one hand. There is safety in numbers. Alone at sea is not a fisherman. One hand does not knit a knot. One is plowing, and seven are waving their arms. One head on his shoulders. One leg here, the other there. One wise head is worth a hundred heads. One bee is better than a swarm of flies. Better to see once than hear a hundred times. In one place the stone is overgrown with moss. Break one pancake in half.
Business before pleasure. A handwritten note from Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich (1629 - 1676) to a collection of rules for falconry, a favorite pastime of that time. It is usually said as a reminder to a person who, while having fun, forgets about the matter.
The first damn thing is lumpy. It often happens that the housewife doesn’t succeed in the first pancake (it doesn’t come out of the frying pan well, it burns), but the housewife uses it to determine whether the dough is well kneaded, whether the pan is warmed up, or whether it needs to add oil. It is said to justify the unsuccessful start of a new, difficult business.
Sorrow for two is half grief, joy for two is two joys. Two of a Kind. It took two hours to get ready, two hours to wash, an hour to dry, and a day to get dressed. As two drops of water. Between two fires. Can't put two words together. Not two, not one and a half. One head it's good, but two better. Two inches from the pot. It's a double-edged sword. Kill two birds with one stone. To devour both cheeks. Limp on both legs.
Grandma said in two. In two (simple) - indefinitely, with the ability to understand one way or another. It is unknown whether what is expected will come true; It is still unknown how it will be: one way or another. They say when they doubt the implementation of what they propose.
Second wind . Sometimes, over long distances, an athlete becomes unbearably tired: his legs refuse to run, he is short of breath. The inexperienced one stops, but the master continues to run with strength, and - lo and behold! — after a few seconds, fatigue passes, strength is restored, and the chest breathes easily again. The second wind came.
If you chase two hares, you won’t catch either . It is said when someone takes on several (usually beneficial for himself) tasks at once and therefore cannot do any of them well or complete them.
Of two evils (choose) the lesser . This expression, which has become popular, belongs to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Found in Cicero, many famous philosophers, writers of ancient and modern times.
An old friend is better than two new ones . It is said when they want to emphasize the loyalty, devotion and irreplaceability of an old friend.
A mind is good, but two are better . It is said when, when solving a problem, they turn to someone for advice, when they solve a matter together
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The price for a braggart is three kopecks.
Don't recognize a friend in three days - recognize a friend in three years.
It takes three years to learn hard work, and only three days to learn laziness.
Two people fight, the third one doesn’t interfere. Two dogs are fighting - don’t bother the third one.
Get lost in three pines . Not being able to understand something simple, uncomplicated, not being able to find a way out of the simplest difficulty.
From third mouth , from third hands. Through intermediaries, not from eyewitnesses, not directly (to find out, receive, hear).
Three inches from the pot . Very short, short, small.
With three boxes . A lot (to say, promise, lie, etc.).
The third day . Day before yesterday.
They've been waiting for the promised thing for three years . They say it jokingly when they do not believe that someone will soon fulfill their promises or when the fulfillment of what is promised is delayed indefinitely.
Cry in three streams . That is, it is very bitter to cry.
Three whales . Previously, the ancients believed that the Earth stood on three pillars. The expression is used in the meaning of the basis of the basics.
Without four corners, a hut cannot be cut.
The horse has four legs, and even then it stumbles.
On all four sides . Anywhere you want (to go, to clean, to drive away, to let go).
Live within four walls . Without communicating with anyone, being alone. Without leaving home.
Like the back of my hand . Know very well, thoroughly, thoroughly.
The fifth wheel in the cart . A superfluous, unnecessary person in any matter. A mad dog can't even walk five kilometers. Have at one's fingertips. (winged expression) Like a dog’s fifth leg. (catchphrase) God is not a fool, he loves a nickel.
Sixth Sense.
They lost the bast shoes, searched around the yards: there were six, they found seven. The spoon is narrow, it carries three pieces at a time: you need to spread it out so that it carries six pieces at a time. What a smart person needs six days, a cunning person will do in five. Rather than being a gelding for six days, it is better to be a stallion for one day.
Seven with a spoon - one with a bowl.
Onion from seven ailments.
Beyond the seven seas.
Killed seven in one fell swoop.
I don’t fight myself, I’m not afraid of seven.
Seven are not one, we won’t give offense. Seven do not wait for one. Seven people pick up one straw. Seven birds with one stone, but no skin. Seven with a spoon, and one with a bipod. Seven troubles - one answer. Measure seven times and cut once. Seven times in your opinion, but at least once in my opinion. One with a bipod, and seven with a spoon. One is plowing, and seven are waving their arms.
Until the seventh generation . To the most distant generations.
On the seventh sky . An expression that came to us from the Greek philosopher Aristotle. It currently means the highest degree of joy and happiness.
Seven do not wait for one . This is what they say when they start something without someone who is late, or with a reproach to someone who makes many (not necessarily seven) wait.
Seven troubles - one answer . Let’s take the risk again, and if we have to answer, then for everything at once, at the same time. It speaks of the determination to do something else risky, dangerous in addition to what has already been done.
Try on (measure) seven times, cut once . Before you do anything serious, think it over carefully, foresee everything. It is said as advice to think through all possible options before starting any business.
Too many cooks spoil the broth . Without an eye (obsolete) - without supervision, without supervision. Things are done poorly and unsatisfactorily when several people are responsible for it at once. It is said that when several people (or even organizations) responsible for a matter rely on each other and each individual treats their responsibilities in bad faith.
Seven Wonders of the World . In ancient times, seven structures that amazed with their grandeur were called the seven wonders of the world. In figurative (colloquial) speech, one of the seven wonders of the world is called something wonderful, magnificent.
He was silent for seven years, and cried out on the eighth.
Everyone is seven, the owner is eight , the hostess is nine, which divides evenly. eight weather conditions per day . Two friends, eight . eight without counting .
Nine mice pulled together and pulled the lid off the tub. Nine people is the same as ten. Nine circles of hell (pass) - “The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri.
Tenth water on jelly. Measure ten times, cut once. If you cut down one tree, you plant ten. One smart man drives ten crazy people. One fool throws a stone into the water, but ten smart people won’t get it.
One speaks, ten listen. One smart man ten crazy people. By the time you get to the boss, ten . Nine people is the same as ten . Ten knowledgeable people are not worth one who does the work.
“Numbers” - a novel by Victor Pelevin - Quotes
“Numbers” is the fifth novel by Victor Pelevin, first published in the author’s collection “DPP (NN)” in 2003.
The era and life were so absurd in their depths, and the economy and business were so dependent on God knows what, that anyone who made decisions based on sober analysis looked like a fool trying to skate during a force five storm. Not only did the unfortunate man not have the expected support under his feet, the very tools with which he was going to overtake the others became weights that pulled him to the bottom. At the same time, the rules of ice skating were posted everywhere, optimistic music was played, and children in schools were prepared for life by teaching how to do triple jumps. — 34
“As Emperor Alexander Pavlovich said, with me everything will be like with my grandmother.” And how it was with my grandmother, I saw through the hole, he-he-he-he... - 43
The tea was brought from an office located on the territory of Gorky Park with the strange name “GKChP”. These letters, stylized as Chinese characters, were decorated with each bag of “Iron Guanyin” or “Big Red Robe,” his favorite varieties. The bags were decorated with the golden hieroglyph “Path”, and next to it the menacing four-letter letter was perceived as a concretization of a vague philosophical concept.
- You see, for a long time the country produced much more politics than was required for the domestic market. And the time is such that it is not very clear what these politicians are doing and why they are needed at all. On the other hand, it is also impossible without politics. It’s like culture there, or football - take it away, and something will immediately be missing. — 10 000
Styopa, like most wealthy Russians, was an eclectic shamanist: he believed in the healing power of visits to Sai Baba, collected Tibetan amulets and African amulets, and used the services of Buryat psychics. Therefore, when he felt the need for spiritual guidance, he went to the Bulgarian soothsayer Binga, who was considered the hit of the season in Moscow that summer. — 34
“What a life she has,” thought Styopa. - On one side there is a board where people like you are butchered. On the other side is a counter where people like you are eaten. Everywhere you look, it’s either this or that. Fish have a memory of three minutes. But even this probably doesn’t help, because on the one hand they are always cutting, and on the other they are constantly eating. Everything is like people. Swims in the middle, spawns and hopes that the children will live better..." - 43
Styopa made something between an affirmative moo and a negative grunt. - 100
... associative networks brought in another dead man - the line “Cans are not afraid of dirt”[9]. — 34
Srakandaev collected paintings by contemporary artists. Styopa considered all of them, without exception, to be thimblekeepers of the spirit, and an unclean one at that. — 43
... one could recognize the song - “Besa me Mucho”. It seemed to Styopa a Little Russian complaint about the devils tormenting his soul - it was time to start howling. — 34
The next painting was called “The Battle for Hearts and Minds” (the author was the same Lukas Saprykin). The genre was designated as still life. This still life was hard to look at. The hearts for which the battle took place between the televisions standing in the sand were laid out on a long wooden counter. A cloud of blue-green flies hung above him, and pieces of brains covered with sand lay on the ground among the shell craters. But it became difficult for Styopa not because of the flies and blood, but because of the pile of feces on the TV that had lost the battle and a naked man in a Batman mask climbing over the fence in the background. - 0034
... Styopa was no longer surprised when he recognized the MiG-29 fighter in the model airplane standing on the table in the corner of the reception area. This was natural - the number “29” was the main ally of forty-three, and where could its poisonous puppies be found if not in the lair of the beast. — 43
Gradually, a cloud appeared on the horizon, which every day covered more and more of the once cloudless expanse. And it came from the same dimension where the number “34” appeared before. The fact was that from the same numbers - three and four - it was possible to make another number, “43”. But if “34” contained all the best that was in Styopa’s life, then “43” was its antipode, a kind of portrait of Dorian Gray. This comparison seemed appropriate to Styopa, because Dorian Gray and “43” were distantly related - “D” was the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, and there were three consonants in the word “Dorian”. Styopa deliberately chose “34” as his guardian angel. And “43” entered his life without asking, completely uninterested in whether he wanted it or not. — 43
The massacre at Yakitoria filled Stepin’s soul with the horror and disgust that any normal person experiences from the proximity of violent death. Despite this, he emerged from the bloody font full of strength and optimism. The reason was simple: the roof was replaced on the third of April, that is, the third day of the fourth month. The number “34” probably could not have manifested itself more clearly, except perhaps to be incarnated in a messiah with three legs and four arms. — 34
Since all the fear produced by his soul was spent on relationships with numbers, Styopa was almost not afraid of bandits. He was frightened by the thought that they might shoot him from a Colt .43 caliber, but such a probability was small. — 34
The wind of death, blowing very close by, temporarily made him a brave man - he realized that he was afraid of the wrong thing, and, as often happens, until the next strong fright he stopped being afraid of anything at all. — 34
Styopa’s attitude towards religion was determined by the letters “ХЗ”, imprinted in his memory, which he saw as a child in church during Easter (on the church wall there should have been a light “ХВ”, but one stand of lamps did not work). The point, however, was not the similarity of this abbreviation with the emblem of militant agnosticism. — 34
Everything around changes every moment, and at every moment the world is the sum of different circumstances than the second before or after. The people we deal with are also constantly changing and behave differently depending on what kind of thoughts fall into the momentary cross-section of their minds. Therefore, when choosing the temporal and spatial point of our meeting with the world, we are engaged in completely real magic, maybe even the only possible magic, because each time we decide which world we should enter. In one, a pot of begonia is waiting for us falling from the window or a truck rushing around the corner, in the other - a benevolent smile from a Stranger or a fat wallet on the edge of the sidewalk, and all on the same streets... - I
It was spring outside. The freshly washed sky was bright blue, and even the asphalt shone with some incomprehensible dusty joy. But Styopa didn’t want to get out of the car to meet this splendor. Moreover, if there had been a hatch in the floor of the car, and under this hatch another, a sewer hatch, then Styopa would have climbed like a gollum from a sunny April day into the dark underground stench. — 34
If the girl chose forty-three, the further development of events was inexorable. Styopa took his mobile phone out of his pocket and imitated an anxious conversation about business. It turned out that he urgently needed to visit an American partner named Dow Jones, who had fallen down the stairs and broken his leg. The girl was asked to wait at the hotel for a day or two and not deny herself anything. Styopa himself immediately flew off on a charter flight, without even asking his companion to blow his horn one last time.
He found the magazine “King Nebuchadnezzar” more interesting than the others. As follows from the annotation, it was “the organ of linguistic nudists who do not recognize the hypocritical fig leaves on the beautiful animal body of the Russian language.” The magazine was of little interest, because its main content was obscenities, the abundance of which made one feel bored (although expressions like “get the fuck away from me” or “fuck you and die there” were pleasantly surprising, awakening the hope that the Russian people had not yet said the last word in history). — 34
Who remembers the name of the elephant that Moska barked at? Nobody. And everyone knows Moska. — 34
It soon became clear that his long-standing decision to enroll in a financial institution was a wise choice. What came in handy was not the knowledge he gained about the nature of socialist finance (nothing was left of it in his head), but his acquaintances: a former trade union organizer of the course helped Styopa register his own bank. It turned out that he knew many of the key people from the times when the business was called the Komsomol. — 34
They offered Styopa exactly the option that he had dreamed of for a long time - to turn into a “pocket bank”
The times when you could pay off a Russian with the smell of a stale cheeseburger are gone. The magical ghost of China beckoned with its red and yellow lights. — 3
The first few days lived according to the new rules were filled with horror mixed with euphoria - as if Styopa’s soul was receiving in small doses the feeling with which a suicidal optimist steps out of the window into a better world. — 29
In the yellowish water, in front of Styopa’s eyes, hung a large goldfish with a forked tail—swaying its fins, it mysteriously looked at Styopa with its round button eye. Through the aquarium, a cutting board was visible, on which the chef's hands were cutting identical slices of salmon.
After his youthful reading of the Bible, he developed the image of a vengeful and cruel tyrant, who liked nothing more than the smell of burnt meat, and mistrust naturally spread to everyone who declared their relationship with this local goblin. Styopa did not treat the official church any better, believing that the only way it brings a person closer to the Almighty is through the sale of cigarettes. — 34
... what is required of a businessman in Russia is to be a little thief, a little lawyer and a little socialite. — 29
Someone was right when they said that our entire culture is just mold on a pipe. Which only exists because oil is heated. Moreover, they do not heat it at all in order for mold to bloom. It’s just that it’s faster to pump it up... — 0034
... he invited Mus to a meeting with the Indian spiritual teacher Swami Makananda, who was visiting Moscow. It’s not that there were any questions for the Mahatma, it’s just that the whole city was rushing to see him, and Styopa could buy a place in the queue.
Srakandaev drove an Aston Martin (Vanquish 12 model, like James Bond, only Bond didn’t have flashing lights, but Srakandaev had)… - 43
... Malyuta was dressed in camouflage pants and a red T-shirt with the inscription in quotation marks: “Ghostmodernizm Rulez!” — 10 000
Styopa was cute and somewhat reminiscent of the Pokemon Pikachu, only adult and frightened. — 43
... anonymous Italians started singing about hell - or so it seemed from the chorus “bona sera, bona sera, senorita”[10]. It was a bit gloomy. — 34
Styopa watched “Star Wars” and guessed that there would be no more scary things. - 43; A literal translation of a line from the young Jedi Anakin Skywalker from the film “Star Wars. Episode II. Attack of the Clones"
— Now is the first issue of Chubaika. It is, however, a little uneven; it hasn’t been fully broken in yet. As they say, the first blitz is Krieg. - eleven
It was possible to lose three and a half million. It was a blow, perhaps even a knockdown, but not a knockout. But thirty-five million was not even a knockout, it was a Kalashnikov barrel in the rectum. And it’s good if without an under-barrel grenade launcher. — 34
“I am incredibly irritated by this pederastic determinism, which reduces everything that slightly goes beyond the mental horizon of a stockbroker to repressed homosexuality. — 360
Being considered a scoundrel and a murderer was useful. This protected against human meanness: souls of increased competitiveness recognized a demon of higher rank and went home - throwing over their knees those in whom at least some features of the Savior were discernible. — 34
- Everyone sit down! - the assistant shouted and waved the barrel. - Calmly! Jedi business!
