"One of the laws of nature," Gordon said, "is that half the people have got to be below average.""For a Gaussian distribution, yeah," Cooper said. "Sad, though."

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Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.234, Spectra

Gregory Benford

#Average Quotes #Law Quotes #People Quotes

“O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive.”
“We all work with one Infinite Power. We all guide ourselves by exactly the same laws.”
“There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.”
“Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians.”
“I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.”
“The goal of every startup experiment is to discover how to build a sustainable business around that vision.”
“She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.”
“Recalling what our lives were like before Jesus Christ entered them will help keep our daily problems in perspective.”

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