"If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that."

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John Polkinghorne

#World Quotes #Revolution Quotes #Strange Quotes

“I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.”

Source : Joseph O'Connor (1994). “The secret world of the Irish male”
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”

Source : Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari (2004). “EPZ Thousand Plateaus”, p.13, A&C Black
“Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.”
“Inspiration is very nice when you get it. It's like being given a present you weren't expecting. You don't hand the present back and say, 'My birthday's not till November.' You take it and run.”
“A dog's spirit dies hard.”
“Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.”
“I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.”

Source : "Kalashnikov: 'I wish I'd made a lawnmower'" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2002.
“When you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there, but what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you lay down. What a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons.”

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