Arthur Eddington Quotes

All change is relative. The universe is expanding relatively to our common material standards; our material standards are shrinking relatively to the size of the universe. The theory of the 'expanding universe' might also be called the theory of the 'shrinking atom'. <...>

Arthur Eddington

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• The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • People
  • Success
  • Humble

• I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Different
  • Character
  • Myself

• And our dreams are who we are.

  

  Barbara Sher
  • Dreams
  • Our
  • Our Dreams

• I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • World
  • Die
  • Afraid

• I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Love
  • Stories
  • Movies

• Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!

  

  Wendelin Van Draanen
  • People
  • Up
  • Writing

• I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • People
  • American
  • Think

• To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.

  

  Gary Goetzman
  • Up
  • Time
  • Change

• It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Nice
  • Mean
  • Sex

• In Denmark, we're making 20 films a year. If I'm showing up in even two of those, people will get tired of me really fast.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • People
  • Up
  • Tired

• No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • People
  • World
  • Different

• I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'

  

  Wavy Gravy
  • People
  • Long
  • Woman

• Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.

  

  Vicki Delany
  • Human
  • Said
  • Pressure

• When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Father
  • Words
  • Advice

• You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.

  

  Harold Prince
  • You
  • Couple
  • Years

• I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.

  

  Bas Rutten
  • Help
  • Thought
  • Movies

• For a homebody like me, the evolution of gadgets has been a blessing.

  

  Okky Madasari
  • Me
  • Blessing
  • Evolution

• My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Education

• How can the human race be, like, the only living form in the universe? There have to be other life forms out there. I believe it.

  

  Christopher Mintz-Plasse
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Universe

• The holy Cross goes forward; it brings joy and consolation to every quarter where Christians live; and these God-fearing people, elated, stand in their doorways and greet it reverently, the strength, the salvation of the universe, the Cross.

  

  C.P. Cavafy
  • People
  • God
  • Live

• At every level in our inventory, nothing seems special about our Earth, our Sun, our Galaxy, our Local Group. Evidently, mediocrity reigns throughout. Such is our niche in the Universe.

  

  Eric Chaisson
  • Earth
  • Universe
  • Special

• Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone gaga over 'holistic medicine' and 'alternative Chinese cures.

  

  Anthony Bourdain
  • Friends
  • Age
  • Chinese

• All change is relative. The universe is expanding relatively to our common material standards; our material standards are shrinking relatively to the size of the universe. The theory of the 'expanding universe' might also be called the theory of the 'shrinking atom'. <...>

  

  Arthur Eddington
  • Universe