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I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible.


Marcus V. Pollio


#am #citizens #concise #constant #few

I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one.


Marcus V. Pollio


#any #belongs #caesar #fault #finding

I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.


Iggy Pop


#bothering #could #done #get #i

Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety of learning; but the close alliance with each other, of the different branches of science, will explain the difficulty.


Marcus V. Pollio


#alliance #appear #branches #close #different

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.


James K. Polk


#almighty #almighty god #brought #deliberate #god

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history.


John Polkinghorne


#age #cannot #character #construct #cosmic

Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about.


John Polkinghorne


#chance #come #contingency #happens #historical

I was very much on the mathematical side, where you probably do your best work before you're forty-five. Having passed that significant date, I thought I would do something else.


John Polkinghorne


#best #best work #date #do your best #else

Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe.


John Polkinghorne


#beings #billion #course #culture #deny

Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons and electrons.


John Polkinghorne


#electrons #entities #like #nevertheless #physics






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