"In this model, the sun is a very tiny speck of dust indeed-a speck less than a three-thousandth of an inch in diameter ... Think of the sun as something less than a speck of dust in a vast city, of the earth as less than a millionth part of such a speck of dust, and we have perhaps as vivid a picture as the mind can really grasp of the relation of our home in space to the rest of the universe."

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James Jeans

#Home Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Love is a disease of the heartin the end, there is no treatment curable and it might just kill you.”
“There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world- its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles.”

Source : Anne Rice (1996). “Servant of the Bones”, Random House Large Print Publishing
“I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.”

Source : Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”
“I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.”
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.”
“I ended up meeting my manager because my sister was a receptionist at a management company. My manager is actually my same manager that I have today. That's how it started. I worked my way.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“More often than we care to admit, inconsequential decisions change our lives.”

Source : Donald McCaig (2007). “Rhett Butler's People”, p.122, Macmillan
“In short, I do not write for mathematicians, nor as a mathematician, but as an economist wishing to convince other economists that their science can only be satisfactorily treated on an explicitly mathematical basis.”

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