Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard P. Feynman

Just as a poet often has license from the rules of grammar and pronunciation, we should like to ask for 'physicists' license from the rules of mathematics in order to express what we wish to say in as simple a manner as possible.

Richard Dawkins

Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.

Richard Dawkins

A God capable of continuously monitoring and controlling the individual status of every particle in the universe cannot be simple. His existence is going to need a mammoth explanation in its own right.

Rick Riordan

Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.

William Shenstone

Glory relaxes often and debilitates the mind; censure stimulates and contracts,--both to an extreme. Simple fame is, perhaps, the proper medium.

William Morris

Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures.

William J. Clinton

The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Old ladies photographed by CBS who announced that they would die of malnutrition if Reagan's bill were passed could probably have saved themselves their impending penury by the simple device of applying to the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists for scale every time they were featured by Dan Rather or whoever.

Rebecca Stead

Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.

John Hume

He knows details about the machine ... this is model X and why. That shows a really involved collector.

Katherine Collins

He refused to elaborate; he wouldn't give any details as to what that meant.

Robert Esche

He's a great man. I like him a lot. Obviously, stuff will come out. I don't really know the details of it. But I do know he is a good man.

William Feather

Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.

William Strunk, Jr.

The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.

Jonathan Wong

In social studies they give you the baseline. (In the geographic bee) they have specific details they look for.

Bob Gansler

He would push it to the limit with skill, tactical acumen, effort and aggressiveness. He was never inclined to take shortcuts. 'Celo' knew that small details could lead to big accomplishments.

Ruth Rendell

I never make notes; just a few small details when I'm writing, but nothing much. The plot is never written down. I will tell the story to myself, but I won't plan it. I'll speak the narrative in my head for a while.

F. Schumacher

in its tiniest details so we can make the most of it immediately, set-up wise.

Zelda Fitzgerald

One illusion is as good as another.

Elie Wiesel

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.

T. S. Eliot

Disillusion can become itself an illusion If we rest in it.

Richard Beymer

I was sort of caught up in my own web of illusion.

Vanna Bonta

The illusion is we are only physical.

Sherman Alexie

We're all travelling heavy with illusions.

Rajneesh

Death is the greatest illusion of all.

Mason Cooley

Illusions are hazardous, and so are disillusions.

Melody Beattie

Control is an illusion ...