"I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God to me is a mystery but is the explanation for the miracle of existence, why there is something instead of nothing."

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Source : "Sizing up the Cosmos: An Astronomer's Quest" by John Noble Wilford, www.nytimes.com. March 12, 1991.

Allan Sandage

#Order Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little.”
“Sing songs that none have sung”
“Mitt Romney had a fundraiser in Israel with a bunch of diamond merchants, we don't know the names of them.”
“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness -- just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breath it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day; and a cool breeze when the day is warm.”

Source : Laura Ingalls Wilder (2010). “Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume One: On Wisdom and Virtues”, p.66, Thomas Nelson
“Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop”
“Eating a slice of white bread is like eating pure sugar.”
“I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Every intelligent person, whether hes an artist or not - a mathematician, a doctor, a scientist - possesses a poetic way of seeing and describing the world.”

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