Paul Davies Quotes

The temptation to believe that the Universe is the product of some sort of design, a manifestation of subtle aesthetic and mathematical judgment, is overwhelming. The belief that there is "something behind it all" is one that I personally share with, I suspect, a majority of physicists.

Paul Davies

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• Judgment
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• Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.

  

  Daniel D. Palmer
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  • Universe
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• Katie Holmes is really amazing.

  

  Bailee Madison
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• There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.' And actually I think that's very common, it's what a lot of people feel - that you have an obligation to life to be happy if you can.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • People
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• Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Up
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• I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Man
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• Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Life
  • Dance
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• I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • Life
  • Real
  • Book

• Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Joy
  • Smile
  • Tears

• I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Want
  • Opinion
  • Audience

• I've always had bad posture, and Pilates makes me feel taller and reminds me to keep my shoulders back. And hiking isn't just about doing cardio, it's also when I can get my 'me time' to be alone with my thoughts. After Pilates I should do some cardio, and after hiking, I need to do some resistance training.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Alone

• I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • Kids
  • Moment
  • Have

• Europeans could not believe that anything so beautiful could have been designed by a non-European. Europeans of the time considered the people of India uncivilized. They recognized that it was a magnificent building. So they thought it couldn’t have been designed by an Indian.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, - and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • People
  • Free
  • Purpose

• The Outsider has his proper place in the Order of Society, as the impractical dreamer.

  

  Colin Wilson
  • Society
  • Dreamer

• I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.

  

  Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Good
  • Future
  • Black

• The reality is that companies are full of things that are left unspoken. And even when they are out in the open, the CEO is almost always the last to know.

  

  Jason Fried
  • Reality

• I'm usually told to do a take where I do less with my face.

  

  Betty Gilpin

• Brigitte Bardot is an icon, and her look is timeless. She is seen as one of the most beautiful women of all time. I feel very honored to be compared to her.

  

  Anna Ewers
  • Time
  • Women
  • She

• When you drink of the water, don't forget the spring from which it flows.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Water
  • Forget
  • Spring

• One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before.

  

  Charles Stanley
  • Life
  • Important
  • Temptation

• With modern medicine prolonging life no matter what condition you're in, it seems like we're working towards immortality by science.

  

  Bill Pullman
  • Life
  • Science

• Seattle is still more Caucasian than most medium-sized cities. The sort of psychosexual politics of white fandom in context of black athletes who are also both very rich and slightly angry is just, to me, bottomlessly fascinating.

  

  David Shields
  • Black
  • Angry

• Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Good
  • Myself
  • Sometimes

• The temptation to believe that the Universe is the product of some sort of design, a manifestation of subtle aesthetic and mathematical judgment, is overwhelming. The belief that there is "something behind it all" is one that I personally share with, I suspect, a majority of physicists.

  

  Paul Davies
  • Design
  • Belief
  • Judgment