"If you equate the probability of the birth of a bacteria cell to chance assembly of its atoms, eternity will not suffice to produce one Faced with the enormous sum of lucky draws behind the success of the evolutionary game, one may legitimately wonder to what extent this success is actually written into the fabric of the universe."

-- Christian de Duve

#Cells Quotes #Games Quotes #Atoms Quotes

“Nightmares are releases.”
“Everything degenerates in the hands of man.”
“If you believe that some day it's going to happen, some day it probably will happen. You just have to make sure you're there when it's happening, and ideally you're at the front of the parade, and the principle beneficiary of when it happens.”
“The Thoroughbred exists because its selection has depended, not on experts, technicians, or zoologists, but on a piece of wood: the winning post of the Epsom Derby. If you base your criteria on anything else, you will get something else, not the Thoroughbred.”
“To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance.”
“I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.”
“Order is heaven's first law. Order is earth's first law, too.”
“Eat more berries. Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and other varieties have anthocyanins that can help reverse some loss of balance and memory associated with aging.”

Source : "5 Ways to Stay Brain Fit" by David H. Murdock, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2011.

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