"This success permits us to hope that after thirty or forty years of observation on the new Planet [Neptune], we may employ it, in its turn, for the discovery of the one following it in its order of distances from the Sun. Thus, at least, we should unhappily soon fall among bodies invisible by reason of their immense distance, but whose orbits might yet be traced in a succession of ages, with the greatest exactness, by the theory of Secular Inequalities."

Source : "The Planet Neptune: An Exposition and History". Book by John Pringle Nichol, 1848.

Urbain Le Verrier

#Distance Quotes #Fall Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Art and irony would disintegrate the personality, kitsch makes it whole.”
“I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'”
“My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Living an awakened life [...] is just a matter of where our attention is being placed. It is possible for our human-beingness and our true nature or presence to exist wonderfully well together, enriching each other through their closeness. It is through the power of our attention that we experience one or the other or both.”

Source : Alice Gardner (2008). “Life Beyond Belief: Everyday Living as Spiritual Practice”, p.54, Awake Publishing
“I know the one time I tried therapy, I did after a month or two, and I only lasted a few months, because I started to worry about being entertaining. I kept driving there once a week for an hour and I'm thinking 'What am I going to talk about today?'”

Source : "Justin Kirk Talks NOBODY WALKS, WEEDS, ANIMAL PRACTICE, MR. MORGAN’S LAST LOVE, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. October 13, 2012.
“Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself up into slavery. Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.”
“Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.”
“Capital investment in fixed assets that produce real goods is the actual driver of long term economic growth, and until slick financiers hijacked the country with 'new economy' mumbo-jumbo based on computer models and hype most Americans understood this.”

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