"The weapons laboratory of Los Alamos stands as a reminder that our very power as pattern finders can work against us, that it is possible to discern enough of the universe's underlying order to tap energy so powerful that it can destroy its discoverers or slowly poison them with its waste."

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Source : George Johnson (2010). “Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order”, p.326, Vintage

George Johnson

#Powerful Quotes #Order Quotes #Energy Quotes

“Maybe everything we've ever done has been for love.”
“To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed.”
“Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the long legislative battles over health care reform, financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible.”

Source : "Romney's unlikely role model" by Dee Dee Myers, www.politico.com. October 24, 2011.
“All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.”
“Yes,' growled Fell, 'for animals do not know what they do, but man has knowledge of his cruelty.”
“I as an astrophysicist, see the universe, feel the universe, smell the universe every day. Every day. And for people to say, I'm cool, I'm right here, it's all I need.”
“By todayâ€™s standards King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum. His actual impact on their personal lives was trivial. He had arbitrary power over them in law and in principle but in fact it was seldom exercised. If you compare his rule with that of todayâ€™s U.S. Government you have to wonder why we celebrate our independence..”
“I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.”

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