"An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a miracle, so many are the conditions which would have had to have been satisfied to get it going."

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Source : "Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature". Book by Francis Crick, 1981.

Francis Crick

#Men Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Honest Quotes

“Each time I play a song it seems more real.”
“recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.”
“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
“For 15 years, I've been playing the same character-which is myself-and I'm bored with 'myself'.”
“I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid.”
“That is what is wrong with our age. You know full well you are not watching the sun set. You are watching the world turn.”
“I'm not big on regret - until time travel actually exists, it seems like a waste of making yourself feel bad”

Source : Julie Klausner (2010). “I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Se nsitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated”, p.36, Penguin
“It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can be a lovely, merciful thing to think, 'Actually, there is no path I can take without having my heart broken, so why not get on with it and stop wanting these extra-special circumstances which stop me from doing something courageous?'”

Source : "The Questions that Have No Right to Go Away" By David Whyte, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2012.

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