Manfred Eigen Quotes

#1. Our existence here, he says, is a case of "not we the accidental but we the expected." Mathematician Manfred Eigen wrote in 1971, "The evolution of life, if it is based on a derivable physical principle, must be considered an inevitable process.

Kevin Kelly

#2. What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?

Jim Brown

#3. If you wish to find the past preserved, follow the million feet of the crowd. At the worst the uneducated only wear down old things by sheer walking. But the educated kick them down out of sheer culture.

G.K. Chesterton

#4. A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.

Manfred Eigen

#5. In an era of mass media, it is easy to believe that the more eyeballs, the more impact. But radio, television, and tracts accounted for a combined total of less than one-half of 1% of the Busters who are born again.

David Kinnaman

#6. A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.

Manfred Eigen

#7. The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.

Orson Welles

#8. The black wolf's curse awakes every time that a full moon points in the middle of the sky.

Pet Torres

#9. Whenever you find someone full of hate, purify him with forgiveness, bliss and love.

Debasish Mridha