Born Quote by David Brin Download Open image “Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.” — David Brin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Born Contemplating Gaia Mean Sarcastic Universe
“Just as heart is a fountain of unspoken words, the universe is a womb of wonder weird worlds.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How strange to remember anything, even a button much less a universe. ‘What creature gives birth to itself?’ The universe is mad, slightly mad.” — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“the first Goddess, Gaia, who was the earth, wide hipped, big bellied, the womb of the human race, the nurturing breast of all humans,… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“Consider all the inanimate matter in the universe, all the dumb atoms, all the mindless molecules, all the oblivious dust grains and pebbles and… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“You are more than your thoughts, your body, or your feelings. You are a swirling vortex of limitless potential who is here to shake… — Dr. Richard Bartlett Copy Share Image
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Who is it?" Gaia asked. Would she know if he lied? He couldnt hesitate. "I think it's Edilio." "Waht are his powers?" "None," Caine said. And thought, Unless you count having courage to stand out there facing the gaiaphage. "Then heep moving,Father," Gaia said. "He does have a gun." "Do you think I fear a gun?" You should, you arrogant...… — Michael Grant Copy Share
Waves of thought are stirring. In a twilight corner of her consciousness, one tiny fragment and another tiny fragment call out wordlessly to eachother,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“What soul would hesitate to turn the universe upside down in order to be a little more itself?” — Paul Valéry Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if… — David Brin Copy Share
“Men can be brilliant and strong, they whispered to one another. But men can be mad, as well. And the mad ones can ruin the world. Women, you must judge them . . . Never again can things be allowed to reach this pass, they said to one another as they thought of the sacrifice the Scouts had made. Never… — David Brin Copy Share
Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex. — David Brin Copy Share Image
“We aren’t a curse upon the world. We are her new eyes. Her brain, testes, ovaries . . . her ambition and her heart.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs. — David Brin Copy Share Image
A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. — David Brin Copy Share Image
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Tragedies such as Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' and Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr Strangelove' are so powerful because there's an underlying assumption that this did… — David Brin Copy Share Image
In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws of nature",… — David Brin Copy Share Image
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anybody looking for a quiet life has picked the wrong century to born in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
I know that in the rap game you've got a lot of people, that come from poverty, was born in poverty and if it… — Jon Connor Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Must I go bound while you go free Must I love a manwho doesn't love me Must I be born with so little art… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way. — Manny Pacquiao Copy Share Image
For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies. — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
