I have never thought that you could obtain the extremely clumpy, heterogeneous universe we have today, strongly affected by plasma read more

I have never thought that you could obtain the extremely clumpy, heterogeneous universe we have today, strongly affected by plasma processes, from the smooth, homogeneous one of the Big Bang, dominated by gravitation.

It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side read more

It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side is probably not providing the right answers. Then you've got to back step and redesign things.

The water is just too bad. The salvage company hired by the insurance is going to take over now.

The water is just too bad. The salvage company hired by the insurance is going to take over now.

Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and read more

Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.

Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.

Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout read more

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child – it needs warding off.

full partnership ... through close coordination and consultation.

full partnership ... through close coordination and consultation.

At halftime, I told them not to come out of the locker room unless they would come fight, scratch, claw, read more

At halftime, I told them not to come out of the locker room unless they would come fight, scratch, claw, whatever they had to do until the end of the game.

When I was a teenager, I dreamed abbout escaping. I was lucky. I succeeded.

When I was a teenager, I dreamed abbout escaping. I was lucky. I succeeded.