Quotes of: Singularity Keyword

My main interest is the problem of the singularity. If we can't understand what happened at the singularity we came out of, then we don't seem to have any understanding of the laws of particle physics. I'd be very happy just to understand the last si...

Neil Turok

Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular.

James Avery

Play is just another version of work

The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

There's no such thing as spacetime singularity; there's only singularity of time, at its ultimate extreme level of a moment.

Khalid Masood

We depend on computers when we ourselves haven't mastered the principles behind what we are asking computers to design. Glenn Murcutt - A Singular Architectural Practice page 16

Glenn Murcutt: A Singular Architectural Practice: 2002 Laureate Of The Pritzker Architecture Prize

The heart of their [Walsingham Witnesses] religion seemed to lie in disproving the religion of others.

The Singular Pilgrim: Travels on Sacred Ground

Institutions are lengthening shadows of strong individuals.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.

Brian Eno

There is no singular 'reason' why Africans use fractals, any more than a singular reason why Americans like rock music. Such enormous cultural practices just cover too much social terrain.

Ron Eglash

Author complains about "the further submergence of irrecoverable history into a perpetually churned present.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

Get evangelical Christian made them receptive to the possibility of redemption in the here and now.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

Nothing is so irretrievably lost to a society as the sense of fear it felt about a grave danger that was subsequently coped with.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

Government could avoid having opinions about so many things if it would quit subsidizing so many things.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

National Review's premise was that conformity was especially egregious among the intellectuals, that herd of independent minds.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

The most capricious modern entitlement is not just Social Security but to self-esteem.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

Good actors, including political actors, do not deal in unrealities. Rather, they create realities that matter – perceptions, aspirations, allegiances.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

The kind of teacher who never learned anything herself. Or taught anything, except sarcasm or fear.

Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure Upon the High Seas

Singular Touch. With that singular touch of his precious warm hand, His finger slowly skimmed her porcelain cheek. As her eyes fell upon his delicate soul, It was then he knew, He had captured every single ounce of her being.

Shiver

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, "What you are doing is none of my business" and "What I am doing is none of your business.

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I like the first-person singular because I have to imitate accurately the voice of someone who is not like me. The third-person singular giv...

Orhan Pamuk

I go back and forth, but I never wanted to be the photographer of the gay and lesbian community. I will wave a rainbow flag proudly, but I am not a singular identity. I think a singular identity isn't very interesting, and I'm a little bit more multi...

Catherine Opie