"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of…" — Arthur Koestler
"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity."
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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler has 110 quotes on this site.
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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether…
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More Eternity Quotes
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one of 1,859 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
— Lord Acton
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen…
— Honore de Balzac
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The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.
— William Barclay
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A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
— Brigitte Bardot
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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
— Henry Adams
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I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call…
— Drew Barrymore
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
— Ambrose Bierce
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To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms…
— William Blake
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He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it…
— William Blake
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Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
— William Blake
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Lives in eternity's sun rise.
— William Blake
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For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive…
— James Buchan
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