Steven Smith

“Galileo essentially started out from where Archimedes left off, proceeding in the same direction as defined by his Greek predecessor. This is true not only of Galileo but also of the other great figures of the so-called “scientific revolution,” such as Leibniz, Huygens, Fermat, Descartes, and Newton. All of them were Archimedes’ children. With Newton, the science of the scientific revolution reached its perfection in a perfectly Archimedean form. Based on pure, elegant first principles and applying pure geometry, Newton deduced the rules governing the universe. All of later science is a consequence of the desire to generalize Newtonian, that is, Archimedean methods.”
― Reviel Netz, The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist

“Make sure your diet and lifestyle is something that you love and want to continue for life.  If you feel that way about it, you’ve found the healthiest diet for you.  Make the diet fit your life.  Don’t change your life around to fit your diet.  Don’t let the diet take over your life.  Let it play a supporting role in your life, helping you to feel better and have more energy for the things you would love to do and experience.”
― Matt Stone, Diet Recovery: Restoring Hormonal Health, Metabolism, Mood, and Your Relationship with Food

“The more you knew and understood about the world, the more aware you were that it’s a cruel and shitty place. Ignorance really is bliss.”
― Stephen "Steve-O" Glover, Professional Idiot: A Memoir

“it’s like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
― Ken Davis, Fully Alive: Lighten Up and Live - A Journey that Will Change Your LIfe