Turok Quotes & Sayings

When I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. — Jet Li

If you think about the actual problems we are facing - all the crises - we have the means to solve these crises. The past has shown us we are able to do things we never imagined we would be able to do. — Neil Turok

She didn't mean to be unkind, why she even woke me up to say good-bye. — Jerry Lee Lewis

By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong. — Robert Green Ingersoll

I'd be perfectly happy with a mathematically precise description of how time began. I see science and religion as being two completely different things. I don't see science as relevant to the question of whether or not there's a God. — Neil Turok

I will await below," Stilgar said, "while Idaho makes farewell with his friends. Turok was the name of our dead friend. Remember that when it comes time to release his spirit. You are friends of Turok. — Frank Herbert

And I swear that I don't have a gun. — Kurt Cobain

Look here, I have succeeded at last in fetching some gold from the sun.

{After his banker questioned the value of investigating gold in the Fraunhofer lines of the sun and Kirchhoff handing him over a medal he was awarded for his investigations.} — Gustav Kirchhoff

I would lie, because no one would know me anyway. My grandmother convinced me to be proud of what I do. — Andy Hallett

My experience in science has always been that the future always exceeds what we believe is possible. I suspect that we will explore the universe. — Neil Turok

I have physical problems with listening to reggae. It's weird, I don't know why. It doesn't fit the way my heart pounds, and I feel very bad when I hear it. I have a neighbor
she's a waitress who comes home every night at four in the morning and she plays reggae very loud. I hate that. I can't sleep and I can't wake up either to that music. — Nina Persson

If the universe sprung into existence and then expanded exponentially, you get gravitational waves traveling through space-time. These would fill the universe, a pattern of echoes of the inflation itself. — Neil Turok

You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents. — A.S. Byatt

That's progress-when we prove things wrong. — Neil Turok

The only people who can fix Africa are talented young Africans. By unlocking and nurturing their creative potential, we can create a step change in Africa's future. — Neil Turok

Some day we'll move into space and start ensuring the survival of our species beyond Earth, whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand. — Neil Turok

Unchecked, government social programs are a security threat because they weaken the ultimate line of defense: the free-born citizen whose responsibilities are not subcontracted to the government. — Mark Steyn

There have been bangs in the past. There will be bangs in the future. We may live in an endless universe. — Neil Turok

You have no beginning of time. It's always been there. — Neil Turok

Quantum physics forms the foundation of chemistry, explaining how molecules are held together. It describes how real solids and materials behave and how electricity is conducted through them ... It enabled the development of transistors, integrated circuits, lasers, LEDs, digital cameras and all the modern gadgetry that surrounds us. — Neil Turok

This one's good. 'Don't expect a man with a hard-on to be able to think. He doesn't have enough blood to run both heads.' Hmmm." He shot her a wicked grin over his shoulder. "I do. Want to see? — Jill Shalvis

But the only game she wanted to play was Kidnapper, where she tied me up and left me in my own tree house for about twelve hours, until Dad climbed up and got me down. Why hadn't I at least called for help? I had. But no one had heard me. Probably because of the gag in my mouth. — Douglas Rees

Quantum physics is one of the hardest things to understand intuitively, because essentially the whole point is that our classical picture is wrong. — Neil Turok

My goal is to get people thinking and trying to wrap their heads around the amazing things that have been achieved and to dream about what will be achieved. — Neil Turok

It may be that we live in an endless universe, both in space and in time. And there've been Bangs in the past, and there will be Bangs in the future. — Neil Turok

My main interest is the problem of the singularity. If we can't understand what happened at the singularity we came out of, then we don't seem to have any understanding of the laws of particle physics. I'd be very happy just to understand the last singularity and leave the other ones to future generations. — Neil Turok

Her that I will double my people in the Tower and that I swear to her, on my honor, that I will protect them. Remind her that the uprising will start next month. As soon as we defeat Richard the king, we will set the boys free. Then, when she is reassured, when she is in her first moment of relief, when you see the color come to her face and you have convinced her - in that moment quickly ask her if she has her son Prince Richard in safety already. If she has him hidden away somewhere." He nods, but he is pale with fear. "And are they safe?" he asks. "Can I truly assure her that those poor boys — Philippa Gregory

Scientists cloister themselves away from the rest of society, happy just to receive their next grant. They lose their connection to a purpose. — Neil Turok

We are accountable to [God] for the way we use our time. — Billy Graham

I just barely got through school. The problem was a learning disability, at a time when there was no where to get help. — Bruce Jenner

What I most wanted even at that early age, was to capture and hold the truth, with the certainty and love that it brings. — Neil Turok

Flow is an alternative path toward mastery, but, like any path, not without its pitfalls. There's a serious dark side to flow, — Steven Kotler

The world is not made up of particles and waves and beams of light with a definite existence. Instead, the world works in a much more exploratory way. It is aware of all the possibilities at once and trying them out all the time. That is a hard thing to picture. — Neil Turok

We are analog beings living in a digital world, facing a quantum future. — Neil Turok