1018 Quotes & Sayings

I like simple men and complicated women. — Don DeLillo

The true philosopher lives his life as a dress rehearsal for death. — Peter Kreeft

The only currency still used as a store of value after 5000 years is gold — Martin Truex Jr.

Climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life, and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster. — Andy Serkis

This means that for most values of the parameters, black holes, if they form at all, do not form by the collapse of stars. From this we can draw the conclusion that the rate at which black holes form is strongly dependent on the parameters. A universe such as ours makes as many as 1018 black holes. A universe roughly like ours, but without atomic nuclei or stars, would make many fewer. But, as we discussed in that chapter, the range of parameters for which atomic nuclei, and hence stars, exist is rather small. From this we may conclude that there are small ranges of parameters for which a universe will produce many more black holes than for other values. Now, I reach into the collection and pick out a universe out at random. It is easy to see that it is much more likely to have come from a universe that itself had many progeny than it is to have come from a universe that had only a few progeny. — Lee Smolin

SCREW PERFECTION. Perfect is the archenemy of Better. Perfect is boring. Perfect is unattainable. — Fay Wolf

TEMPORARY INSANITY. — Julie James