Brian Greene Quotes
Our eyes only see the big dimensions, but beyond those there are others that escape detection because they are so small.
Quotes to Explore
-
We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
-
That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me.
-
I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
-
The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
-
Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
-
The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.
-
I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
-
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
-
Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
-
One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
-
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
-
I was very obsessed with my music, and I think that, as a young girl, I really wanted to get into this business, and I don't think my parents really knew how to protect me.
-
I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
-
French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
-
I didn't want to just do a show where my character stood out and other characters were flat or one-to-two-dimensional. I wanted everybody to have meat.
-
When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
-
The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
-
I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
-
I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.
-
Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.
-
Just as counterpoint and harmony follow their own laws, and differ in rhythm and movement, both formal tensions and color tensions have a development of their own in accordance with the inherent laws from which they are separately derived. Both, however, aim toward the realization of the same image. And both deal with the depth problem.
-
Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.
-
I've always had just enough success to buy me some more tour dates and another record.
-
Our eyes only see the big dimensions, but beyond those there are others that escape detection because they are so small.
