She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe.
The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe.
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a universal option.
My first year of university, I ran around and signed up for these clubs, and I noticed they were all drama clubs: really lame, artsy things.
The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.
Since then I have held many jobs at museums in Colorado and Wyoming. I have also taught summer courses at the University of Colorado.
I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet.
Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe.
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
People who understand the dark understand the universe,and therefor they can connect their soul so life can give them the uplifting mystic it has.
If there are other worlds elsewhere in the universe, I would conjecture they are governed by the same laws of natural selection.
It is universally agreed that Jean Renoir was one of the greatest of all directors, and he was also one of the warmest and most entertaining.
Since 9/11, some of the most violent terrorists we've encountered were radicalized or recruited at universities.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.
Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?
[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.
As much as we sometimes roll our eyes at the ivory-tower isolation of universities, they continue to serve as remarkable engines of innovation.
