Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
#quotes #lee-smolin #believe #science

No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
#quotes #richard-owen #nature #charles-darwin

The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She had a strong sense that a better, more exciting, more rewarding life than that which had been the lot of her parents and grandparents was hers by right. In this she was guilty of nothing more serious than the arrogance of youth, from which every generation suffers and by which it distinguishes itself from the preceding one. ~James Robertson
#quotes #james-robertson #world #struggle

If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear; but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister; but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went. ~J. J. Abrams
#quotes #j-j-abrams #star-wars

The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
#quotes #jaron-lanier #thinking #society #socialism

Open access is good, but we have to have ways and means where content that has been generated with a lot of effort and cost also gets the chance to monetise itself as is now beginning to happen in the West where some publications are really beginning to make their internet revenue lines and subscription revenue lines quite significant. ~Raghav Bahl
#quotes #raghav-bahl #content

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #fear #suffering

I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
#quotes #britney-spears #music

Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
#proverbs #danish-proverbs

Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #fear

Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL. ~Guy Lafleur
#quotes #guy-lafleur #fans #nhl

We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
#quotes #suzanne-collins #love

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
#proverbs #mexican-proverbs #failure

Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #generations

If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #helping #happiness

The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs

Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
#quotes #dana-perino #mother #business

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #wisdom #god

A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #luck

He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
#proverbs #moorish-proverbs #fear

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #beauty

In Denmark, lots of people come up to me for autographs. ~Caroline Wozniacki
#quotes #caroline-wozniacki #denmark #people

The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
#proverbs #persian-proverbs #kindness #hurt

Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
#proverbs #turkish-proverbs #fear #hope #future