Famous Quotes & Sayings

Freeman Dyson

Atoms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according to the laws of quantum mechanics. It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every atom. The universe is also weird, with its laws of nature that make it hospitable to the growth of mind. I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it passes beyond the scale of our comprehension.

Franz Kafka

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.

Erich Fromm

The destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it

Erica Jong

Every time women make tremendous strides, the right wing gets terrified and creates laws making it hard to get an abortion or birth control.

Erica Jong

language can't be appropriated by one person, one poet. The words belong to all of us.

Erica Jong

Court, in our society, is often the last resort of stubbornness.

Erica Jong

The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton's first law of jealousy.

And even one life that bears witness to the truth of the prosperity law will quicken the consciousness of the whole community.

Enrico Fermi

It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!

Eminem

Better try to stay wide awake, or you might end up found dead by the lake.

Elvis Costello

The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town.

Elvis Costello

She's filing her nails while they are dragging the lake.

Elon Musk

Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.

Elon Musk

If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

Jay Asher

Do you remember the last thing you said to me? The last thing you did to me? And what was the last thing I said to you? Because trust me when I said it I knew it was the last thing I’d ever say.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.

By the time we get into mid to late afternoon, the snow should be letting up.

Larry Coker

By the law of averages, ... it should at least be 2-2.

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Becca (Sharon) had some big rebounds for us late in the game.

Guy Maddin

I was too lazy to read, and I was even too lazy to imagine scenarios drawn up by the pictures. They just suggested a flavor to me. I swallowed them whole, like hosts. It was a form of worship.

Guy Pearce

The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?'

Greg Fitzsimmons

I was just in Las Vegas, where prostitution is legal. Which is a relief because I live in Los Angeles, where it is mandatory.

Gio Gonzalez

It's an honor to represent a Latin culture.

Gerry Spence

The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.

Gerald Edelman

Hebb place the Law of Effect at the synaptic level by proposing a correlation model of synaptic modification similar to that of Hayek (1952). This work was seminal in providing a basis for many subsequent theoretical studies . .

Harry Crews

There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else.

Harry Chapin

I finally like myself, at last I like myself.

Harry Browne

Once we realize that government doesn't work, we'll know that the only way to improve government is by reducing its size - by doing away with laws, by getting rid of programs, by making government spend and tax less, by reducing government as far as we can.

Harold H. Greene

The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.

Harold H. Greene

I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!

Gwen Ifill

Our position has never been that people should be forced out of Scouting. We have always said that the values of Scouting are universal they should be welcome to everyone who is willing to live by the Scout oath and the Scout law.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.