#ali

Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature with the most generality and the greatest simplicity are very elegant and subtle. ↗

— Edward Witten

#before #century #describing #developed #elegant

If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike. ↗

— Dick Wolf

#certain #contract #going #health #participation

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity. ↗

— Dick Wolf

#back #certain #certain things #communication #dealing

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#appearance #beauty #her #individualize #makes

So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things - there's a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature. ↗

— Stephen Wolfram

#ago #basis #computers #describe #general

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise. ↗

— Raquel Welch

#childhood dream #compromise #dream #everything #goes

The heroic and often tragic stories of American whalemen were renowned. They sailed the world’s oceans and brought back tales filled with bravery, perseverance, endurance, and survival. They mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, drank, sang, spun yarns, scrimshawed, and recorded their musings and observations in journals and letters. They survived boredom, backbreaking work, tempestuous seas, floggings, pirates, putrid food, and unimaginable cold. Enemies preyed on them in times of war, and competitors envied them in times of peace. Many whalemen died from violent encounters with whales and from terrible miscalculations about the unforgiving nature of nature itself. And through it all, whalemen, those “iron men in wooden boats” created a legacy of dramatic, poignant, and at times horrific stories that can still stir our emotions and animate the most primal part of our imaginations. “To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme,” proclaimed Herman Melville, and the epic story of whaling is one of the mightiest themes in American history. ↗

— Eric Jay Dolin

#harpoon #history #melville #moby-dick #ocean

Hope is the denial of reality. ↗

— Margaret Weis

#hope #reality

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#be true #begin #even #great #great number

Advertising is legalized lying. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#advertising #legalized #lying