"Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her…" — Roger Penrose
"Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her train."
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32 Quotes by Roger Penrose
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And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction…
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Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of…
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It may well be there is something else going on in the brain that we don't have an inkling of…
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Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.
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We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead…
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There are considerable mysteries surrounding the strange values that Nature's actual particles have for their mass and charge. For example,…
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No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see…
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The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions.
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Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on…
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Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes.
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Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.
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Well, I don't know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because I'm no real philosopher in the sense…
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Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as…
— Mary Kay Ash
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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you…
— Mary Kay Ash
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All…
— Saint Augustine
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
— Marcus Aurelius
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was…
— Paul Auster
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
— Sai Baba
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
— Charles Babbage
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
— Pearl Bailey
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
— Russell Baker
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
— James A. Baldwin
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