Sir James Jeans Quotes

#1. Sir James Jeans
Always says what he means
He is really perfectly serious
About the Universe being Mysterious.

E.C. Bentley

#2. Sir Arthur Eddington deduces religion from the fact that atoms do not obey the laws of mathematics. Sir James Jeans deduces it from the fact that they do.

Bertrand Russell

#3. If we assume that the last breath of, say, Julius Caesar has by now become thoroughly scattered through the atmosphere, then the chances are that each of us inhales one molecule of it with every breath we take.

James Hopwood Jeans

#4. From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

James Jeans

#5. Coveralls," I reply, and I know I'm no longer screening what's coming out of my mouth.
He raises a eyebrow, amused yet again.
"You wouldn't want to ruin your clothing." I gesture vaguely in the direction of his jeans.
"I could always take them off." He smirks.

E.L. James

#6. The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.

James Jeans

#7. Suck me off in the car on the way over and you call me horny?" Nate growled again. "Get out of those fucking jeans!

James Buchanan

#8. The motion of the stars over our heads is as much an illusion as that of the cows, trees and churches that flash past the windows of our train.

James Jeans

#9. I'm gonna barf," I whispered to Fang,wiping my sweaty hands on my jeans.
You'll be fine," he whipered back. "You always are.
I'm gonna die," I moaned.
You can't die," he said a hint of a smile in his voice."You're the indesructible Max.

James Patterson

#10. We may as well cut out group theory. That is a subject that will never be of any use in physics.

James Jeans

#11. All discussion of the ultimate nature of things must necessarily be barren unless we have some extraneous standards against which to compare them.

James Jeans

#12. The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental intruder into the realm of matter ... we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter.

James Jeans

#13. The plain fact is that there are no conclusions.

James Jeans

#14. The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.[make the best of what is necessary ... if you can't have what you love, love what you have ... as there are lovable or at least positive aspects in everything, because anything could be worse]

James Jeans

#15. The essential fact is that all the pictures which science now draws of nature, and which alone seem capable of according with observational facts, are mathematical pictures.

James Jeans

#16. Sweet Jesus.
It was The Delicious in the dark shirt and jeans.

Julie James

#17. Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.

James Jeans

#18. The universe can best be pictured as consisting of pure thought, the thought of what for want of a better word we must describe as a mathematical thinker.

James Jeans

#19. I saw this cool interview with Amy Adams from when she did 'Enchanted' and played a princess, and when kids came up to her with no make-up and ripped jeans on, she said, 'I'm off duty. I'm an off-duty princess', and I thought that was quite sweet.

Lily James

#20. Humanity is at the very beginning of its existence-a new-born babe, with all the unexplored potentialities of babyhood; and until the last few moments its interest has been centred, absolutely and exclusively, on its cradle and feeding bottle.

James Jeans

#21. Nature seems very conversant with the rules of pure mathematics, as our own mathematicians have formulated them in their studies, out of their own inner consciousness and without drawing to any appreciable extent on their experience of the outer world.

James Jeans

#22. I wear a lot of black, and it's not because I'm depressed or anything. I like black jeans - they're pretty much the only colored jeans I wear. James Jeans have the most comfortable fabric. I'd say in general, I dress pretty comfortably.

Brittany Howard

#23. Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.

James Jeans

#24. The human race, whose intelligence dates back only a single tick of the astronomical clock, could hardly hope to understand so soon what it all means.

James Jeans

#25. I love clothes but it's a struggle for me to get out of jeans and a baggy jumper.

Lily James

#26. One must stand stiller than still. On reverse time travel.

James Jeans

#27. In my everyday life, I'm a jeans and button-up shirt kind of guy.

James Wolk

#28. I watch him, enthralled as slowly, like the predator he is, he stalks me in time to the slow sultry beat of the music. He's barefoot, wearing just an untucked white shirt, jeans, and a smoldering look.
Nina sings "You're mine" as Christian reaches me, his intention clear.

E.L. James

#29. He's naked except for those soft ripped jeans, top button casually undone. Jeez, he looks so freaking hot. My subconscious is frantically fanning herself, and my inner goddess is swaying and writhing to some primal carnal rhythm.

E.L. James

#30. Science should leave off making pronouncements: the river of knowledge has too often turned back on itself.

James Jeans

#31. The universe looks more and more like a great thought rather than a great machine.

James Hopwood Jeans