Robert K. G. Temple famous quotes

It must be a very dour and pessimistic astronomer indeed who seriously doubts that there must be countless numbers of intelligent civilizations scattered throughout the universe on other planets which are orbiting around other stars. An attitude which asserts that man is the only intelligent life form in the universe is intolerably arrogant today ... anyone who holds such an opinion today is, fortunately for those who like to see some progress in human conceptions, something of an intellectual freak equivalent to a believer in the Flat Earth Theory.
-- Robert K. G. Temple

#Stars #Attitude #Intelligent

It certainly is an embarrassing fact, then, for certain classical scholars to have to face, that the Platonic Academy continued to function in Athens for over nine hundred years.
-- Robert K. G. Temple

#Years #Athens #Nine

It should not surprise us that there must be other civilizations in our galaxy and throughout the entire universe.
-- Robert K. G. Temple

#Civilization #Surprise #Should

My basic rule is if the relative risk isn't at least 3 or 4, forget it.
-- Robert K. G. Temple

#Risk #Forget #Relative

A GOOD old-fashioned sex tape pretty much guarantees you a star on Hollywood Boulevard.

You know what shows today are missing? Stars.

Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.

Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.

There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.

Words are freeborn, and not the vassals of the gruff tyrants of prose to do their bidding only. They have the same right to dance and sing as the dewdrops have to sparkle and the stars to shine.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

[This is the] very first condition which has to be fulfilled in every kind of propaganda: a systematically one-sided attitude towards every problem that has to be dealt with...

Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.