"The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newton's formulation of the laws of gravitation and motion. It is no exaggeration to say that physics was reborn in the early 20th-century with the twin revolutions of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity."

-- Paul Davies

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“On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.”
“We all know that we're going to die, but we don't know when. That's not a blessing, that's a curse.”
“They've got these things called lockers," I raved on. "The Halls are lined with them. And you won't believe what they're for! They're for locking stuff away-so other people won't steal it! Why can't everyone share?" ~ Cap”
“You do know, I hope, that no man under the age of forty can even approach fascinating.”

Source : Tasha Alexander (2013). “The Lady Emily Omnibus (Books 1-4): And Only to Deceive, A Poisoned Season, A Fatal Waltz, Tears of Pearl”, p.511, Hachette UK
“In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development.”
“Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.”
“You sleep with a dream of summer weather, wake to the thrum of rainâ€”roped down by rain. Nothing out there but drop-heavy feathers of grass and rainy air. The plastic table on the terrace has shed three legs on its way to the garden fence. The mountains have had the sense to disappear. It's the Celtic temperamentâ€”wind, then torrents, then remorse. Glory rising like a curtain over distant water. Old stonehouse, having steered us through the dark, docks in a pool of shadow all its own. That widening crack in the gloom is like good luck. Luck, which neither you nor tomorrow can depend on.”

Source : Anne Stevenson, “Drench”
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.”

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