#i

ونحن على ثقة أنه لو درس شيوخ المسلمين العلوم الكونية وعرفوا أسرار سنة الله في خليقته لما كثرت الملاحدة وفشت المناكير ↗

— عبد العزيز جاويش

#science #science

Yes, rules are made to be broken -- but ONLY if you have a damn good reason for doing it. [Regarding the '10 Rules for Science Fiction' article posted at http://www.cthreepo.com/writing/laws....] ↗

— Kevin Hosey

#science

Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is. ↗

— Mark Hodder

#science-fiction #steampunk #science

Escherichia colia O157:H7 is a relatively new strain of the common intestinal bacteria (no one had seen it before 1980) that thrives in feedlot cattle, 40 percent of which carry it in their gut. Ingesting as few as ten of these microbes can cause a fatal infection; they produce a toxin that destroys human kidneys. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#cattle #factory-farming #feedlots #nature

Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician. ↗

— Andy Richter

#born #brain #jazz #jazz musician #magical

all democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it ↗

— Mark Twain

#science

Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion. These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India. ↗

— Aravind Adiga

#freedom #hanuman #india #servants #serving

If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#solitude #bad

My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games. ↗

— Ed Belfour

#games #i #lot #playing #used

I thought I was better than you.” He felt too much, was tearing himself open with all this, but nine years deserved all his pain. “How wrong was I.” Vadim reached behind him to touch Dan’s neck. “I wanted you even then. And I was... curious. I tried to... get into your mind, and instead let you in. Not good, and yet best thing I’ve done in this whole war.” “Best thing I’ve done in all my life”. ↗

— Aleksandr Voinov

#love #vadim #life