"The Infinite has to be a relative concept. Go any distance: an infinite space means that there is more to be explored."

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Source : Joseph Silk (2008). “The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the frontiers of cosmology”, p.10, OUP Oxford

Joseph Silk

#Distance Quotes #Mean Quotes #Space Quotes

“Don't blow your load on the first stroke, fellas.”
“Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.”
“You cannot protect something without intervening on some level.”
“It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't,”

Source : "Doyen of American critics turns his back on the 'nasty, stupid' world of modern art". Interview with Edward Helmore and Paul Gallagher, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2012.
“You know, Im always surprised when I read profiles, and they make me sound so jaded. I am so not jaded.”
“Courage has become Raiders of the Lost Ark, or riding in spaceships, killing people, taking enormous physical risks. To me, the kind of courage that's really interesting is someone whose spouse has Alzheimer's and yet manages to wake up every morning and be cheerful with that person and respectful of that person and find things to enjoy even though their day is very, very difficult. That kind of courage is really undervalued in our culture.”
“I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.”

Source : "K’naan: Straight Outta Mogadishu". Interview with Eamon Kricher-Allen, www.motherjones.com. March 2009.
“They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little bastards, 'the Irish of Asia'.”

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