"I am much occupied with the investigation of the physical causes [of motions in the Solar System]. My aim in this is to show that the celestial machine is to be likened not to a divine organism but rather to a clockwork ... insofar as nearly all the manifold movements are carried out by means of a single, quite simple magnetic force. This physical conception is to be presented through calculation and geometry."

-- Johannes Kepler

#Mean Quotes #Science Quotes #Simple Quotes

“Just two words: a masterpiece.”
“Nobody's free until everybody's free.”

Source : "Nobody's free until everybody's free" by Donna Brazile, www.cnn.com. August 25, 2014.
“Compared to my talents, Whoopi Goldberg is like one of those fake plastic Buddhas you get at dollar stores. I mean really, I fail to see the humor in an overweight negro woman with dreadlocks, no eyebrows, and is named after a childish term for flatulence.”
“Some of the best motivation in life is trying to impress a girl.”
“Love is not love if there is no beloved.”
“If you're dreaming of being a great soloist, walking on stage, receiving ovations night after night, having money thrown at you, girls chasing after you and your beautiful picture - that's wonderful. But what exactly does that have to do with the practice of music?”
“Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.”

Source : Sir William Jones (1783). “A Grammar of the Persian Language ... The third edition, with an index”, p.134
“Clone ourselves through teaching others.”

Source : Horst M. Rechelbacher (2005). “Aliveihood”

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