Johannes Kepler Quotes

On how the motion of a planet defines its sphere: ... and thus it comes about gradually by the linking and accumulation of a great many revolutions that a kind of concave sphere is displayed, having the same center as the Sun, just as by a great many circles of silken thread, linked with each other and wound together, the dwelling of a silkworm is made.

Johannes Kepler

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• 'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old – obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.

  

  Aaron Johnson
  • Kind
  • Film
  • Effect

• To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me.

  

  Gautam Gambhir
  • Good
  • Game
  • Me

• Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.

  

  Mara Liasson
  • Today
  • Political
  • Politics

• I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit.

  

  Carly Patterson
  • Strong
  • Best
  • Win

• I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Music
  • Love
  • Song

• I don't want to just add another DVD to the pile. So I think, 'Is this going to have an impact and some lasting value? Is it worth it for me to spend two years of my middle-aged life on this?' They're my criteria, and I think that's led me to more urgent projects.

  

  Larry Charles
  • Life
  • Value
  • Impact

• I am particularly drawn to the form of meditation called Japa. I know it works.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Meditation
  • Japa

• I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses your information, they are stealing the bank's money, not yours.

  

  Frank Abagnale
  • Money

• For my true thoughts have spent more time in your company than in anyone else's, these last two or three months, and where my thoughts are, there am I, in truth".

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • Time
  • Truth
  • True

• Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.

  

  Lou Holtz
  • Country
  • College
  • Football

• Right now I would rank Norway as the largest country in the world, I have never seen anything like it

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Country
  • Norway

• You know, equality is a myth, and for some reason, everyone accepts the fact that women don't make as much money as men do. I don't understand that. Why do we have to take a backseat?

  

  Beyonce Destiny's Child
  • Men
  • Women
  • Money

• That is the creative artist - a penalty of the creative artist - wanting to make order out of chaos.

  

  Ursula Nordstrom
  • Artist
  • Creative
  • Chaos

• When you can literally Google anything, you don't feel like you have to go see it in person. You can do a lot of traveling in your bedroom, but you're not touching anything and you're not feeling it.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Feeling
  • Feelings
  • Google

• When my son, James, was doing homework for school, he would have five or six windows open on his computer, Instant Messenger was flashing continuously, his cell phone was constantly ringing, and he was downloading music and watching the TV over his shoulder. I don’t know if he was doing any homework, but he was running an empire as far as I could see, so I didn’t really care.

  

  Ken Robinson
  • Music
  • School
  • Running

• I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.

  

  Nikki Sixx Mötley Crüe
  • Goals
  • Planet
  • Mountains

• If I were sure I would pass the physicals, I would be on the next space shuttle to Mars or some other planet. I'll leave the calculations and the navigational tasks to you while I bask in your ingenuity. Find me a place in the capsule and watch me outdo Michael Jackson's moonwalk to the music of the spheres.

  

  Wole Soyinka
  • Planet
  • Ingenuity
  • Calculations

• I've always felt like I'm from another planet.

  

  Eva Green
  • Planet
  • Felt Like

• I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • Feel
  • Regard
  • Marry

• On how the motion of a planet defines its sphere: ... and thus it comes about gradually by the linking and accumulation of a great many revolutions that a kind of concave sphere is displayed, having the same center as the Sun, just as by a great many circles of silken thread, linked with each other and wound together, the dwelling of a silkworm is made.

  

  Johannes Kepler
  • Planet
  • Motion
  • Sphere