Nicole Vogt » Quotes of Interest
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Science, perhaps even more than diplomacy, carries with it the hopes of
people everywhere who seek a future better than the past.
- Madeleine Albright
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In February 1962, New York police reported a sudden drop in telephone calls
on the day that the astronaut John Glenn first orbited the Earth. Even crime
stood still.
- Alistair Cooke
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Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler.
- Albert Einstein
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You can't defeat an idea with just bullets - you need a better idea.
- General Charles Krulak
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There is a story about a cosmologist whose speech is interrupted by a
little old lady, who informs him that the universe rests on the back of a
turtle. "Ah, yes, madame," the scientist replies, "but what does the turtle
rest on?" The old lady shoots back: "You can't trick me, young man. It's
nothing but turtles, turtles, turtles, all the way down.
- Stephen Hawking
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There may not be a restaurant at the end of the Universe, but there's a bar
at the center of the Galaxy.
- Marc Kuchner
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When I get to heaven I hope to be enlightened on two things: quantum
electrodynamics and the theory of fluid turbulence. About the former, I am
optimistic.
- Horace Lamb
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When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.
- Terry Pratchett
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Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for
those people who can't remember where they leave things.
- Woody Allen