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Toni Olivenbaum
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“Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For these men know that, once ignorance is put aside, that wonderment would be taken away, which is the only means by which their authority is preserved.”
― Ethics
― Ethics
“Every time I give a public lecture about what I do, I am asked the same thing: “What was there before the Big Bang?” I resort to the various explanations. There is the “There was no before, no time, before the Big Bang” answer. Or there is my colleague Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s more Zen-like answer: “That is like asking what is north of the North Pole.”
― The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity
― The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity
“Se não aparecerem mulheres, importam-se, que é em Portugal para tudo o recurso natural. Aqui importa-se tudo. Leis, ideias, filosofias, teorias, assuntos, estéticas, ciências, estilos, indústrias, modas, maneiras, pilhérias, tudo nos vem em caixotes pelo paquete. A civilização custa-nos caríssima, com os direitos de alfândega:e é tudo em segunda mão, não foi feita para nós, fica-nos curta nas mangas...”
― Os Maias
― Os Maias
“One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, ‘Nature Cure’ quack, pacifist, and feminist in England.”
― The Road to Wigan Pier
― The Road to Wigan Pier
“- Que pena que isto não pertença a um artista! murmurou o maestro. Só um artista saberia amar estas flores, estas árvores, estes rumores... Carlos sorriu. Os artistas, dizia ele, só amam na natureza os efeitos de linha e cor; para se interessar pelo bem-estar de uma tulipa, para cuidar de que um craveiro não sofra sede, para sentir magoa de que a geada tenha queimado os primeiros rebentões das acácias - para isso só o burguês, o burguês que todas as manhãs desce ao seu quintal com um chapéu velho e um regador, e vê nas árvores e nas plantas uma outra família muda, por que ele é também responsável...”
― Os Maias
― Os Maias
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