"Either... the moving intelligences of the planets are weakest in those that are farthest from the sun, or... there is one moving intelligence in the sun, the common center, forcing them all round, but those most violently which are nearest, and that it languishes in some sort and grows weaker at the most distant, because of the remoteness and the attenuation of the virtue."

-- Johannes Kepler

#Moving Quotes #Sun Quotes #Common Quotes

“I see a lot of comments on Twitter and stuff about how ugly I am, how bad I am at the drums, how awkward I look, and I'm like, yeah, I agree with most of those things.”

Source : "The Rise of the Black Keys" by Brian Hiatt, www.rollingstone.com. January 19, 2012.
“Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.”
“I'm working as hard as I can to get back to Packer Nation.”
“The United States has been from the beginning greatly influenced and primarily influenced by the Judeo-Christian system of values.”
“Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen.”

Source : Luke Rhinehart (1998). “Dice Man”, p.10, The Overlook Press
“Rome had senators too, and that is why it declined.”
“Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.”
“I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.”

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