Pawnbroker Sign Quotes & Sayings

People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws of physics - are simply accepted as given, as brute facts. Nobody asks where they came from; at least not in polite company. However, even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of faith that the universe is not absurd, that there is a rational basis to physical existence manifested as law-like order in nature that is at least partly comprehensible to us. So science can proceed only if the scientist adopts an essentially theological worldview. — Paul Davies

Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam. — Rand Paul

I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me! — Robert Browning

No matter which way you dice it, self-preservation is selfish. — Keith Houghton

Don't worry, chief. We've got these Tualaghi surrounded - from the inside."
"Exactly," Erak replied dryly.
— John Flanagan

Without love and forgiveness, how could there be happiness? — Debasish Mridha

- Why me?
- That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?
- Yes.
- Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why. — Kurt Vonnegut

The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel. — Bjarne Stroustrup

It's an awful thing to be the target. — Emily St. John Mandel