"A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there? So small as to be negligible, even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole Universe."

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Source : Fred Hoyle (1983). “The Intelligent Universe”

Fred Hoyle

#Blow Quotes #Yards Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“That's what I wanted for myself for even just a little while-to be unaware of the rest of the world. I needed some time.”
“A naked woman in heels is a beautiful thing. A naked man in shoes looks like a fool.”
“And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger.”
“I think we're approaching an era where there's a consistent dialogue going on between artists and consumers. And I think that's going to be part of the solution to actually selling music.”
“The customer is always right' may have become a standard motto in the world of business, but the idea that 'the audience is always right,' has yet to make much of an impression on the world of presentation, even though for the duration of the presentation at least, the audience is the speaker's only customer.”

Source : Max Atkinson (2005). “Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need to Know about Making Speeches and Presentations”, p.14, Oxford University Press
“Good and bad may not be dissevered; There is, as there should be, a commingling.”
“I think I do have my own technique. I don't like to depend on teachers. So I'm walking on my own way, and I try to be as natural as I can. I think it's the only way to be yourself.”
“Nobody symbol occurred to me one night at my grandmother's house. The eyes are an inversion of X'd out eyes - the man is enlightened. His teeth are clenched. It's not a smiley face. It's right before he dies. It plays into my philosophy where everybody gets enlightened before they die.”

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