"Just because you're starting from something which you know - a theory which you know is right and trying to further develop your understand of that theory is maybe a more fruitful thing to do than trying to just throw all that out and start afresh with something more speculative."

-- Peter Woit

“The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.”

Source : Spencer Wells (2012). “The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey”, p.195, Random House
“Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.”
“My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.”
“A good dream, is better than a shitty reality.”
“What are stories for if we don't learn from them?”
“Don't blame me. Tell your mom to move closer. Tell her there's this new club called civilization and you guys should join.”
“The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night”
“Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world.”

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