"The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine."

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Source : Heinz R. Pagels (2012). “The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature”, p.85, Courier Corporation

Heinz Pagels

#Machines Quotes #World Quotes #Clock Quotes

“The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you've got more carbon dioxide.”

Source : "Nightline" with Cynthia McFadden, www.newsbusters.org. December 22, 2010.
“Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns.”
“With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin's attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.”
“Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort.”
“People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.”

Source : Electronic Musician magazine, December 1986.
“Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.”
“Who loves his pain denies his god.”

Source : Jean Garrigue (1992). “Selected Poems”, p.56, University of Illinois Press
“God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love.”

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