Symmetries Quotes

#1. The symmetries of immanence are cruel.

George Steiner

#2. In the simplest array of digits [Ramanujan] detected wonderful properties: congruences, symmetries and relationships which had escaped the notice of even the outstandingly gifted theoreticians.

James R Newman

#3. We will have to abandon the philosophy of Democritus and the concept of elementary particles. We should accept instead the concept of elementary symmetries.

Werner Heisenberg

#4. And why wander in these labyrinths? Once more, for aesthetic reasons; because this present infinity, these "vertiginous symmetries," have their tragic beauty. The form is more important than the content.

Andre Maurois

#5. A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides; and a grain of honesty and native worth is of more value than all the adventitious ornaments, estates, or preferments; for the sake of which some of the better sort so oft turn knaves.

Anthony Ashley Cooper

#6. In other words, symmetry is the preservation of the shape of an object even after we deform or rotate it. Several kinds of symmetries occur repeatedly in nature. The first is the symmetry of rotations and reflections.

Michio Kaku

#7. Part of the work of writing a novel is to uncover the symmetries or connections that make it whole, which might not reveal itself at first.

Nicole Krauss

#8. He wasn't clean lines and perfect symmetries, and I found him even more interesting for it.

Becca Fitzpatrick

#9. Human behavior is messy and unpredictable and unconcerned with convenient symmetries.

Khaled Hosseini

#10. A thought robot activated by the tremendous energies unleashed during collisions of fundamental opposing qualities. A new fusion process powered by ... 'dualites'? No. There are no dualities. Only symmetries. Final Crisis: Superman Beyond

Grant Morrison

#11. The existence of symmetry laws is in full accordance with our daily experience. The simplest of these symmetries, the isotropy and homogeneity of space, are concepts that date back to the early history of human thought.

Chen-Ning Yang

#12. Truth ... and if mine eyes Can bear its blaze, and trace its symmetries, Measure its distance, and its advent wait, I am no prophet - I but calculate.

Charles Mackay

#13. Repose not trust in testing another's degree of honesty at the risk of one's loss in matters big, unless collateralized.

Firoozeh Dumas

#14. Much more prayer is called for, clearly, but first I will take a nap.

Marilynne Robinson

#15. Do you fall in love often?
Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all.

Jeanette Winterson

#16. University departments wanted to hire sober, rational researchers and teachers. You were allowed revelatory, apocalyptic experiences only after you had tenure.

Richard Tillotson

#17. Frederick Mitchell-Hedges,

Christopher S. Stewart

#18. Trees acquire strength by growing slowly and flexing with the pressures of nature. Us too ...

Gene Simmons

#19. People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering.

Michael Zaslow

#20. If you want to be successful, you are going to have to deal with pressure.

Chris Bosh

#21. I'm about as perfect as a shattered mirror,

Lily Paradis

#22. Walk with me, memory to memory, the shared path, the mutual view. Walk with me. The past lies in wait. It is not behind. It seems to be in front. How else could it trip me as as I start to run?

Jeanette Winterson

#23. I'd like to have a dog with me.

Aphex Twin

#24. The central virtue of a liberal education is that it teaches you how to write, and writing makes you think. Whatever you do in life, the ability to write clearly, cleanly, and reasonably quickly will prove to be an invaluable skill.

Fareed Zakaria

#25. The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth

Rabindranath Tagore