Lee Smolin Quotes
In the theory of electric fields it is assumed that points have meaning. ...Physicists using general relativity... cannot speak of a point, except by naming some features of the field lines that will uniquely distinguish that point. ...the network of relationships evolve with time... constantly changing.
Quotes to Explore
-
The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
-
I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
-
I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
-
Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
-
There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
-
An actor has to embody a role.
-
I've been doing African dance all my life.
-
My mom could be pretty strict.
-
But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
-
Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
-
I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
-
South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
-
I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
-
Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.
-
Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
-
A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
-
I live for the text. It's my job.
-
My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
-
As I reflect back on what's worked for me in this [presidential] office it's been that I've gotten people who maybe didn't believe in the process to get engaged. Ironically, I've even gotten the other side that maybe didn't believe in the process to get engaged.
-
I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
-
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
-
I'm just not a religious person, not at all. I consider myself a spiritual person. I was always very drawn to Buddhism, Hinduism. I still meditate.
-
Farewell is said by the living, in life, every day. It is said with love and friendship, with the affirmation that the memories are lasting if the flesh is not.
-
In the theory of electric fields it is assumed that points have meaning. ...Physicists using general relativity... cannot speak of a point, except by naming some features of the field lines that will uniquely distinguish that point. ...the network of relationships evolve with time... constantly changing.
