“It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be
approached without some humor and some bewilderment.”
― Freeman Dyson, quote from Disturbing the Universe
“Sanity is, in essence, nothing more than the ability to live in harmony with nature's laws.”
― Freeman Dyson, quote from Disturbing the Universe
“I do not feel like an alien in this universe. The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe is some sense must have known that we were coming”
― Freeman Dyson, quote from Disturbing the Universe
“It is impossible to make real progress in technology without gambling.”
― Freeman Dyson, quote from Disturbing the Universe
“Nonviolence is often the path of wisdom, but not always. Love and passive resistance are wonderfully effective weapons against some kinds of tyranny, but not against all.”
― Freeman Dyson, quote from Disturbing the Universe
“It is important for long-range stability that peaceful countries be well armed and well organized in self-defense.”
― Freeman Dyson, quote from Disturbing the Universe
Freeman Dyson
Born place: in Crowthorne, Berkshire, The United Kingdom
Born date December 15, 1923
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“A parade of witnesses offered horrifying testimony. One of the most impressive was Chief Lontulu of Bolima, who had been flogged with the chicotte, held hostage, and sent to work in chains. When his turn came to testify, Lontulu laid 110 twigs on the commission’s table, each representing one of his people killed in the quest for rubber. He divided the twigs into four piles: tribal nobles, men, women, children. Twig by twig, he named the dead. Word”
― Adam Hochschild, quote from King Leopold's Ghost
“I wish I knew how to quit you.”
― Annie Proulx, quote from Brokeback Mountain
“Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.”
― Jay McInerney, quote from Bright Lights, Big City
“Maybe it's because I can't have him that I feel safe wanting him. He's beyond my reach, so he won't hurt me.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from Body Double
“He had to do so many things and make each appear as though it were the only thing he had to do. He had to compartmentalize everything, when on one task to pretend that the others didn't exist.”
― Tom Clancy, quote from Debt of Honor
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