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    The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of affliction. But the science of ethics will always console me for the ignorance of the physical sciences.

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Matter and energy moves itself. It has no exterior mover.

Matter and energy moves itself. It has no exterior mover.

by Jean Meslier Found in: Physics Quotes,
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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

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Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential read more

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.

by Pope Paul Vi Found in: Physics Quotes,
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I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between
mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful read more

I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between
mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past
centuries, has recently ended in divorce.

by Freeman John Dyson Found in: Physics Quotes,
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Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.

Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.

by Leon Lederman Found in: Physics Quotes,
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When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
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When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour.
That's relativity.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Physics Quotes,
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When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a
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When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a
minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's
longer than any hour. That's relativity.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Physics Quotes,
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I don't believe in mathematics.

I don't believe in mathematics.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Physics Quotes,
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God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

by Albert Einstein Found in: Physics Quotes,
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