Mark Gamal > Mark's Quotes

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
― Carl Sagan

“ذو العقلِ يشقى في النعيمِ بعقلهِ
وأخو الجهالةِ في الشقاوةِ ينعمُ”
― أبو الطيب المتنبي

“The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.”
― Carl Sagan

“على قدر أهل العزم تأتي العزائم
وتـأتـي على قدر الكريم الكرائم
وتكبر في عين الصغير صغارها
وتصغر في عين العظيم العظائم”
― أبو الطيب المتنبي

“أغايَةُ الدِّينِ أن تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ
يا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِن جَهْلِهَا الأُمَمُ”
― أبو الطيب المتنبي

“إذا رأيت نيوب الليث بارزة
..فلا تظُنن أن الليث يبتسمُ”
― أبو الطيب المتنبي

“The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
― Carl Sagan, Contact

“I don't want to believe. I want to know.”
― Carl Sagan

“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
― Bertrand Russell

“I want to be, if I can, as sure of the world--the real world--around me as is possible. Now, you can only attain that to a certain degree, but I want the greatest degree of control. I've never involved myself in narcotics of any kind, I don't smoke, and I don't drink because that can easily just fuzz the edges of my rationality--fuzz the edges of my reasoning powers--and I want to be as aware as I possibly can. That means giving up a lot of fantasies that might be comforting in some ways, but I'm willing to give that up in order to live in an actually real world, or as close as I can get to it.”
― James Randi