#on

A fiction writer is nothing more then the ambassador of an alternative world of their own design. Their success dwells in how many people their work entices to relocate ↗

— Carl Henegan

#design

That's the scary thing about hope," she said. "If you let it go too long it turns into faith. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#inspirational #faith

One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#design

Faith is a fine invention When gentlemen can see, But microscopes are prudent In an emergency. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#religion #science #faith

Many investigators feel uneasy stating in public that the origin of life is a mystery, even though behind closed doors they admit they are baffled. ↗

— Paul Davies

#biology #chemical-evolution #darwinism #evolution #id

A brick could be used as a hammer. A brick could be both a tool and a building material in the construction of a mansion. That’s like having an engineer design secret tunnels in your palace, and then burying him in the foundation’s cement, to strengthen the integrity of the structure, and also ensure his integrity on the matter of secrecy by burying the secrets to the fortress along with his corpse. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #design

There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#god #intelligent-design #religion #design

Man was designed in a way in which he must eat in order to give him a solid reason to go to work everyday. This helps to keep him out of trouble. God is wise. ↗

— Criss Jami

#design #discipline #eating #food #god

If the statistics are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers. ↗

— Edward R. Tufte

#design #statistics #visualization #design

The sky was thick with TV. If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d'état, hairstyles stiff with hair spray. Designer pectorals. Gliding towards Ayemenem like skydivers. Making patterns in the sky. Wheels. Windmills. Flowers blooming and unblooming. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#saturation #sight #television #design