"I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling."

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Source : "Astrophysicist Adam Riess Plays Not My Job". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. November 24, 2012.

Adam Riess

#Thinking Quotes #Mystery Quotes #Compelling Quotes

“It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.”
“The point of all this is to be able to spend more time at the beach!”
“Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.”
“Passionate living is the soul of success.”

Source : Daniel G. Amen, M.D. (2008). “Magnificent Mind at Any Age: Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain's Maximum Potential”, p.133, Harmony
“I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.”

Source : J. P. Donleavy (2010). “The Ginger Man”, p.26, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I want the cheesy dates at the movies, the stupid walks at the beach and sharing straws in a cup”
“Millions of Americans have contributed to building a stronger Israel; I've been proud to be one of them. Last year, I went to Jerusalem to help dedicate in my father's name a new MDA medical facility which treats people of all faiths and all nationalities absolutely equally.”
“Sometimes we think of the nations lying asleep, Curled blindly in impenetrable sorrow, And then the thought confounds us with its strangeness.”

Source : Edwin Muir, “The Horses”

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