"That name was a kind of joke, and not a very good one. An author, Leon Lederman, wanted to call it 'that ***** particle' because it was clear it was going to be a tough job finding it experimentally. His editor wouldn't have that, and he said 'okay, call it the God particle', and the editor accepted it. I don't think he should've have done, because it's so misleading."

-- Peter Higgs

#Jobs Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Editors Quotes

“You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel.”
“[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.”
“The biochemistry and biophysics are the notes required for life; they conspire, collectively, to generate the real unit of life, the organism. The intermediate level, the chords and tempos, has to do with how the biochemistry and biophysics are organized, arranged, played out in space and time to produce a creature who grows and divides and is.”

Source : Ursula Goodenough (2000). “The Sacred Depths of Nature”, p.49, Oxford University Press, USA
“I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.”
“It's fascinating how all of us, everyday, rely - at some point, to some extent, for some reason - on faith in our life. Whether it's God or not, or "Please help me!"”
“The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could â€˜most talentâ€™ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.”
“I think there is a scientific approach to it and there is a political approach to it and an economical approach to it. All of this combined, we might find a solution.”
“God has a part,and we have a part. God will not do our part and we can't do His part”

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