"People have contemplated the origin and evolution of……" — George Smoot
"People have contemplated the origin and evolution of the universe since before the time of Aristotle. Very recently, the era of speculation has given way to a time of science."
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13 Quotes by George Smoot
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But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing—a…
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There is no doubt that a parallel exists between the big bang as an event and the Christian notion of…
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The big bang, the most cataclysmic event we can imagine, on closer inspection appears finely orchestrated.
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I think we all want to know where we came from and how we fit into the world, but some…
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When I came to Berkeley, I met all these Nobel laureates and I got to know that they were regular…
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My name is George Smoot III, and I am smarter than a fifth-grader.
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Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.
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I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.
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When people really understand the Big Bang and the whole sweep of the evolution of the universe, it will be…
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I always think of space-time as being the real substance of space, and the galaxies and the stars just like…
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For many centuries, humans have speculated that there might be planetary systems around other stars and that there could be…
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The discovery and investigation of life on other planets is likely to change many of our ideas about how life…
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More Aristotle Quotes
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Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came…
— Hannah Arendt
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Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
— Aristotle
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Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.
— Mortimer Adler
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After reading the doctrines of Plato, Socrates or Aristotle, we feel the specific difference between their words and Christ's is…
— Joseph Parker
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Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'
— Owen Wister
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Three sorts of goods, Aristotle specified, contribute to happiness: goods of the soul, including moral and intellectual virtues and education;…
— Sissela Bok
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Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking.…
— Will Cuppy
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can…
— Florence Nightingale
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To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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I would like to be referred to as 'The Big Aristotle'.
— Shaquille O'Neal
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The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which…
— H. L. Mencken
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Is it not evident, in these last hundred years (when the Study of Philosophy has been the business of all…
— John Dryden
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