"Theorists tend to peak at an early age; the creative juices tend to gush very early and start drying up past the age of fifteen-or so it seems. They need to know just enough; when they're young they haven't accumulated the intellectual baggage."

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Source : Leon M. Lederman, Dick Teresi (1993). “The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?”, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Leon M. Lederman

#Knowledge Quotes #Science Quotes #Past Quotes

“O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and downy peace, Her real goods; and only mocks the great, With empty pageantries!”

Source : Edmund Smith, Mr. John Dryden, Mr. Elijah Fenton, Richard Steele (1750). “A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. VI.”, p.61
“The most evident sign of having found the Truth is the inner peace.”
“I would love to do films - ones that get seen.”
“I'll always have songs with a farm connotation on my albums. It's in the fabric of my music, and I plan to keep it that way.”
“At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 2, 2015
“I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.”
“Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: â€œDo not march on Moscowâ€. Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good. That is the first rule. I do not know whether your Lordships will know Rule 2 of war. It is: â€œDo not go fighting with your land armies in Chinaâ€. It is a vast country, with no clearly defined objectives.”
“All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.”

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