Diack Trophy Quotes & Sayings

Our present picture of physical reality, particularly in relation to the nature of time, is due for a grand shake up — Roger Penrose

Man is a rational animal. But that does not mean that he is a reasonable animal. It means only that he has reason, and therefore can misuse it. If he had not reason, he could not be unreasonable. But he has, and is. — Frank Sheed

Luck is largely a matter of paying attention. — Susan M Dodd

A really good writer is hard to find and can be expensive. A bad writer is easy to find and can be really, really expensive! — Patrick P. Stafford

Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the authority of men counted great in philosophy, and then by general consent. — Francis Bacon

A man walking is never in balance, but always correcting for imbalance. — Gregory Bateson

I don't know anyone who hasn't woken up one morning, one day in their life and wish they were someone else, or wish they could do something or wish they were capable of something. — Dichen Lachman

A cat, I am told, has nine lives. If that is true, I know how a cat feels. — Caryl Chessman

Five hours later, the government of Ceres collapsed. — James S.A. Corey

When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. — Nicholson Baker

I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form. — Winston Churchill