"It sometimes seems as if curbing entropy is……" — James Gleick

"It sometimes seems as if curbing entropy is our quixotic purpose in this universe."

— James Gleick

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70 Quotes by James Gleick

James Gleick has 70 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

For [Richard] Feynman, the essence of the scientific imagination was a powerful and almost painful rule. What scientists create must…
You can't waste time and you can't save time; you can only choose what you do at any given moment....
Neither technology nor efficiency can acquire more time for you, because time is not a thing you have lost. It…
Thinking about language, while thinking _in_ language, leads to puzzles and paradoxes.
Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.
The history of life is written in terms of negative entropy.
The universe is computing its own destiny.
Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds…
Tiny differences in input could quickly become overwhelming differences in output.... In weather, for example, this translates into what is…
Cyberspace, especially, draws us into the instant.
The library will endure; it is the universe... We walk the corridors, searching the shelves and rearranging them, looking for…
Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the…

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More Curbing Quotes

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In the gay world, [relationships] will always be open. There is no curbing the gay man. — Patti Stanger
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal. — Friedrich Engels
I have a tendency toward the pleasures of the flesh. It's a battle for me, as far as weight and… — Chris Farley
We are afraid that our adult sexuality will somehow damage our kids, that it’s inappropriate or dangerous. But whom are… — Esther Perel
I am committed to curbing the influence of money in our political system. — William J. Clinton
The hope of the future lies not in curbing the influence of human occupancy - it is already too late… — Aldo Leopold
... I gave as an offering my all to Him Who had won me and saved me, my property, my… — Gregory of Nazianzus
We must solve the problem in health care by curbing out-of-control costs that erode paychecks for working families and push… — Paul Ryan
Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So… — Wilbur Smith
...I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing… — Dodie Smith
UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I… — Muhammad Yunus
The practice of that which is ethically best-what we call goodness or virtue-involves a course of conduct which, in all… — Thomas Huxley

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