Quotes of: Physical-world Keyword

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.

Pope Paul VI

In our quest to define and describe the world, we have crisscrossed the oceans and continents, compiling exhaustive knowledge about its life forms and features, and extended our physical reach through technology, which provides us instantaneous and p...

Alan Huffman

There was nothing physical she could do to stop Mario from carrying out whatever he wished. She shivered at the thought of what that sleazy, other world leftover might do should she launch an attack on him.

G.G. Collins

There are people who travel because they want to push themselves to physical limits, people who walk across deserts or cycle across the Antarctic - like Ranulph Fiennes, who just does it because it's there. And then there are people like me, who are ...

Michael Palin

Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the neces...

Martin Jacques

I had this dream, see, where I saw the whole world melt. I was standing on La Cienega and from there I could see the whole world and it was melting and it was just so strong and realistic like. And so I thought, Well, if this dream comes true, how ca...

Bret Easton Ellis

It's amazing to me that they're cutting physical education programs in the school systems.

Shannon Miller

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

Lance Armstrong

In physics, all can you do is predict the consequences of physical laws.

Leonard Mlodinow

Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

Gillian Jacobs

I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries.

John Cameron

Well physically preparing for the role, definitely and then continuing to stay physically fit throughout filming, getting up, 4.00 4.30 in the morning.

Brandon Routh

When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.

W.H. Auden

Being a Dream Girl is never going to be about what you look like or how much you weigh. After all, our physical appearances are just reflections of our inner worlds. What makes you a Dream Girl is your emotional sensitivity, your self-awareness, and ...

Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl

Everyone worked day and night, Monday through Saturday. Oppenheimer insisted people take Sundays off to rest and recharge. Scientists fished for trout in nearby streams, or climbed mountains and discussed physics while watching the sunrise. "This is ...

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

The intangible, as you can guess, creates some decidedly strange and perceived dichotomies for scientific interpretations. Ask a scientist what the definition of electricity is and he might rattle off, “It is the physical phenomena arising from the...

Vigilant Ancestor: A World of Secrets Whispered in My Ear

To experience thinking outside the brain is to enter a world of instantaneous connections that make ordinary thinking (i.e those aspects limited by the physical brain and the speed of light_ seem like some hopelessly sleepy and plodding event. Our tr...

Eben Alexander

A photograph can show a physical image in which time is static, and a mirror can show a physical image in which time is dynamic, but I think that what he saw on the mountain was another kind of image altogether which was not physical and did not exis...

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Theodor Adorno

Oh, and once, when I was in the Marines, I got a perfect score on my physical fitness test.

Drew Carey

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

John F. Kennedy