Martin Rees Quotes

We know too little about how life began on Earth to lay confident odds. It may have involved a fluke so rare that it happened only once in the entire galaxy. On the other hand, it may have been almost inevitable, given the right environment.

Martin Rees

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• May
• Earth
• Hand
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• What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.

  

  Yahya Jammeh
  • Up
  • Now
  • Bigger

• If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.

  

  Fede Alvarez
  • Important
  • Real
  • Truth

• I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.

  

  Hans Blix
  • Knowledge
  • Know
  • Action

• Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Myself
  • Write
  • Down

• I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Age
  • Lead
  • Landscape

• I'm sure lots of actors and creative people go through this, where you have some weeks where it's all going according to plan and some weeks where you're super frustrated.

  

  Zach Braff
  • People
  • Creative
  • Plan

• Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Book
  • Sports
  • Car

• For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • Reading
  • Hands
  • Early

• In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.

  

  Ralph Baer
  • Mind
  • Thoughts
  • Games

• Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • End
  • Aim
  • Noble

• I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Good
  • Think
  • Feel Good

• You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.

  

  Vanessa Williams
  • People
  • Believe
  • Talent

• Friendship is the complete explanation of what a Cheetah Girl is - if you have that true friendship, you can conquer anything you want.

  

  Sabrina Bryan
  • True
  • Girl
  • Friendship

• After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.

  

  Earl Blumenauer
  • Action
  • September
  • Iran

• The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Power
  • Need
  • Slavery

• I'm hoping I'll eventually get to be a beauty blogger myself because I do my own makeup, and I have for years.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Myself
  • Beauty
  • Makeup

• An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.

  

  Gabriele Nanni
  • God
  • Miracle
  • Extraordinary

• The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West.

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • World
  • Picture

• Technologies and specific vendors may come and go, but massive cultural transformations and new kinds of relationships? Those don't go away.

  

  Clara Shih
  • May

• If the limit of age 80 is at the summit of Mt Everest, the highest place on Earth, one can never be happier.

  

  Yuichiro Miura
  • Age
  • Earth
  • Limit

• Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

  

  Charles Babbage
  • Good
  • Country
  • Knowledge

• I'm not in public service, nor do I ever plan to be, but I give back in my own way.

  

  Heather Bresch
  • Plan
  • Own Way
  • Public Service

• Your priorities must be God first, God second, and God third, until your life is continually face to face with God.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Life
  • God
  • Face

• We know too little about how life began on Earth to lay confident odds. It may have involved a fluke so rare that it happened only once in the entire galaxy. On the other hand, it may have been almost inevitable, given the right environment.

  

  Martin Rees
  • Life
  • May
  • Earth