"Scientific progress is the discovery of a more and more comprehensive simplicity... The previous successes give us confidence in the future of science: we become more and more conscious of the fact that the universe is cognizable."

-- Georges Lemaitre

#Discovery Quotes #Giving Quotes #Simplicity Quotes

“I'd like to hope you end up a miserable, lonely woman. But actually, I hope you have children one day, Ellie Haworth. Then you'll know how it feels to be vulnerable. And to have to fight, to be constantly vigilant, just to make sure your children get to grow up with a father.”
“I told my doctor I think my wife has VD. He gave himself a shot of penicillin.”

Source : Rodney Dangerfield (2009). “It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs”, p.178, Zondervan
“Some people say that you should not tempt fate and for them I cannot disagree, but I never learned anything from playing it safe. I say fate should not tempt me.”
“The best critical consideration of the inherent weakness of a federation of states in which the law of the federation has to be enforced on the states who are its members is contained in the Federalist Papers.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.186, Columbia University Press
“Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.”
“The best mind-altering drug is the truth.”
“If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time.”
“I'm like a small farmer who interacts with people who consume what I make and tend my little patch of ground, and the Spotifys of the world, which are like McDonald's, are going to make people less aware of how the thing gets made and of its value.”

Source : "Station to Station: The Past, Present, and Future of Streaming Music". Interview with Eric Harvey, pitchfork.com. April 16, 2014.

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