"... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the cosmos."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Believe Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #People Quotes

“I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and hostile to, the idea of escape?' and gave the obvious answer: jailers.”
“The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a compound body.”

Source : Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (2013). “Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869 - 1905”, p.175, Courier Corporation
“If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.”
“A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.”
“I have an imagination because my life is so boring that my imagination lets me get off the reality of what's going on.”
“I must admit I'm a total control freak. That is the way that it works best for me.”
“You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person.”
“I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor.”

Source : "Q&A – Amy Ryan on What Affleck, Eastwood, and the Green Zone Director Have in Common". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. March 2010.

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