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The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Author object (402)

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? - Author object (402)

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. - Author object (402)

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. - Author object (402)

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away. - Author object (402)

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. - Author object (402)

Quiet people have the loudest minds. - Author object (402)

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. - Author object (402)

It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious. - Author object (402)

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. - Author object (402)

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. - Author object (402)

The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope. - Author object (402)

It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist. - Author object (402)

Not only does God play dice but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. - Author object (402)

What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender. - Author object (488)

The quieter you become, the more you can hear. - Author object (453)

I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. - Author object (402)

I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe and for that, I am extremely grateful. - Author object (402)

Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy. - Author object (183)

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Author object (183)