Abu Rayhan al-Biruni Quotes
For it is the same whether you take it that the Earth is in motion or the Sky. For, in both the cases, it does not affect the Astronomical Science. It is just for the Physicist to see if it is possible to refute it.
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
Quotes to Explore
Confidence by itself, unless it has a valid basis, can get us into trouble.
Peter Schiff
To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. As part of the universal city that is the universe, human beings have a duty of care to all fellow humans. The person who followed these precepts would achieve happiness.
Epictetus
You highest men whom I have ever seen! This is my suspicion about you and my secret laughter: I guess that you would call my superman--a devil!
Friedrich Nietzsche
I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world.
William Shakespeare
I think music should be free. I think all communication should be free. I think people should respect artists, and there should be a certain respect for artists who give their music away for free. If your music winds up on Napster and you approve of it, then the person downloading your music should at least go to your concert, should at least purchase your songs.
Lawrence "Kris" Parker
Boogie Down Productions
When we started Poco, we were too country for rock, and we were too rock for country.
Richie Furay
Buffalo Springfield
This story does not have a happy ending; they almost never do. The only happy stories you will ever hear are told by men—they spin their lies, trying to convince themselves that they cause no devastation, and that the hearts they break were never worth much to begin with.
Ekaterina Sedia
Just as a poet often has license from the rules of grammar and pronunciation, we should like to ask for 'physicists' license from the rules of mathematics in order to express what we wish to say in as simple a manner as possible.
Richard Feynman
I've always admired your rather formidable will, your refusal to back away from difficulties, but sometimes strength isn't about perseverance. Sometimes it's about knowing when to quit.
Jennifer Donnelly
I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'
Steve Buscemi
For it is the same whether you take it that the Earth is in motion or the Sky. For, in both the cases, it does not affect the Astronomical Science. It is just for the Physicist to see if it is possible to refute it.
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
