"I suppose my interest in looking for life elsewhere in the universe really dates back to my teens. What teenager doesn't look up at the sky at night and think am I alone in the universe? Well most people get over it, but I never did and though I made a career more in physics and cosmology than astrobiology I've always had a soft spot for the subject of life because it does seem so mysterious."

-- Paul Davies

#Teenager Quotes #Night Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We have divided the Virtues of the Soul into two groups, the Virtues of the Character and the Virtues of the Intellect.”
“It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.”
“I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.”
“My hope is to incite that feeling of inspiration in as many other people as possible. To receive and pass along that baton to anyone willing to carry it further. I guess the answer to the question would be I'm inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire.”

Source : "Origin Series: Empire Actor Adam Rodriguez". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 16, 2015.
“The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.”

Source : Elinor Ostrom (2015). “Governing the Commons”, p.24, Cambridge University Press
“If you're going to run around, Ms. Pelosi, and you're going to say Republicans like the war, then can we also assume that Democrats like killing babies? Put that in whatever it is you smoke, Ms. Pelosi, and have fun with it.”
“We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in order to have more security.”
“I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.”

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