Alan Lightman Quotes

We live in a highly polarized society. We need to try to understand each other in respectful ways. To that end, I believe that we should make room for both spiritual atheists and thinking believers.

Alan Lightman

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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

E. W. Howe
- Time
- Man
- Risk
Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.

Candace Kita
- May
- Political
- Support
Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.

Gabrielle Giffords
I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.

Mae Jemison
- People
- Think
- Imagination
One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.

Walter Murch
- Mind
- Character
- Help
Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.

Hamza Yusuf
- Down
- Calm
- Storm