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Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. ↗

— Richard Powers

#condition #control #cultivating #face #forever

Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone. ↗

— Susan Powter

#everything #i #know #privilege #want

There isn't a theologian in the world who can argue with me on this. God has no gender. If that's the case, then everything needs to be rewritten now, right now. ↗

— Susan Powter

#case #everything #gender #god #me

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?' ↗

— Terry Prachett

#educational #establishment #i #i think #motto

'Educational' refers to the process, not the object. Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a cheeseburger. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#been #cheeseburger #come #could #easily

Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#been #buy #continent #covered #eight

I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#best #devised #fruit #fundamental #i

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#because #fail #go #happens #large

Every day I'm thinking about change. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#change #day #every #every day #i

I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long time. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#believe #doing #i #i always #like