"Like no other science, astrophysics cross-pollinate s the expertise of chemists, biologists, geologists and physicists, all to discover the past, present, and future of the cosmos-and our humble place within it."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Humble Quotes #Past Quotes #Cosmos Quotes

“And I was even beginning to think home might be with you.”

Source : Ben Sherwood (2010). “Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel”, p.174, Bantam
“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”
“Music, art, landscape - these are all things I draw inspiration from.”

Source : "Origin Series: Mad Men And The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“We are here for what amounts to a few/hours,/a day at most./We feel around making sense of the terrain,/our own new limbs,/Bumping up against a herd of bodies/until one becomes home./Moments sweep past. The grass bends/then learns again to stand.”
“I think that argument is completely morally bankrupt, and I think people know that when they make it. There's a very big difference between having a sincere, passionate interest in a topic and being a paid shill ... Particularly for PR firms, it's something they should really very strongly avoid: ever touching an article.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“This integrative action in virtue of which the nervous system unifies from separate organs an animal possessing solidarity, an individual, is the problem before us.”

Source : "The Integrative Action of the Nervous System". Book by Charles Sherrington (p. 2), 1947.
“I don't think talent has anything to do with inspiration. Inspiration creates talent. People prioritize innate talent too much. It gives them license to walk around and act like assholes. I think I straddle a line between being innately talented and having had to put in some work. You ever go to a party where there are a lot of creative people and they feel like they have license to just act any kind of way? I'm not really a moral person myself, but they just tend to never ever be sincere because they believe their art or the fact that they are artists makes them holy in some way.”
“Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.”

Source : Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.285, Penguin UK

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