#verse

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

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

But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#believe #how #many #patterns #rational

It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#any #assumed #cannot #common #common law

A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life. ↗

— John Pomfret

#american life #bosnian #chinese #experience #korean

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#after #bbc #been #capable #doctor

The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#authority #divine #established #exist #god

As we were walking home the other night, Orafoura turned to me and said, “Were you aware that there are places in the universe where time doesn’t exist?” “I know,” I replied. “That’s where I went to buy my last watch. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #orafoura #philosophical #ridiculous

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#form #good #good prose #i #i can

I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay in. ↗

— James Purefoy

#business #finding #get #hotels #i