"On your way towards becoming a bad theoretician, take your own immature theory, stop checking it for mistakes, don't listen to colleagues who do spot weaknesses, and start admiring your own infallible intelligence."

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Source : "How to Become a Bad Theoretical Physicist". Utrecht University Official Website, www.staff.science.uu.nl.

Gerard 't Hooft

#Mistake Quotes #Immature Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids.”
“Belief demands that you dispense with illusion after illusion, while contemporary common sense requires continual, fluffy pretending - pretending that might as well be systematic, it's so thoroughly incentivised by our culture.”

Source : Francis Spufford (2012). “Unapologetic: Why, despite everything, Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense”, p.8, Faber & Faber
“There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome.”
“"Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free clothing, free burial, free everything? The answer might be nuns and monks, but the standard reply is 'prisoners'"”

Source : Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1990). “Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot”, Gateway Books
“And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred to me should have been a warning.”
“I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them.”
“I have always been adventurous and rather daring.”
“It was a very odd transition I guess because I didn't really intend for it to happen; it wasn't a goal of mine to end up in Hollywood and do anything other than sportscasting.”

Source : Source: www.theartofgallivanting.com

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