#cs

Metaphysical speculation is independent of the physical validity of the Big Bang itself and is irrelevant to our understanding of it. ↗

— Lawrence M. Krauss

#metaphysics #science #science

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art. ↗

— Russell Banks

#american #art #classics #early #early age

They shouldn't be allowed to teach math so early in the morning. ↗

— Kendare Blake

#math

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#metaphysical #philosophy #metaphysics

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad. ↗

— Henry Kissinger

#politicians

Put your faith in what you most believe in. ↗

— Phil Collins

#faith #song-lyrics #faith

Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#micawber #procrastination #classics

I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#classics #reading #classics

The whispers of shared ecstasy are choral. ↗

— George Steiner

#ecstasy #whisper #grammar

That’s what happens when you crowd enough folks into the same sandbox: eventually they’re gonna start throwing a fit over who gets what part to play with. ↗

— Jacob D. Lochner

#politics #sociology #sociology