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Letter "U" » Universe
«Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.»
Author: Alphonso X 'the Wise'
| About:
Advice,
Creation,
Funny,
God,
Universe
| Keywords:
hints, ordering, orderings, well-ordered
«Good poetry .. makes the universe .. reveal its .. 'secret'»
«At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.»
«God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.»
Author: Neil Gaiman
(Children's author, Comics writer, Journalist, Novelist, Screenwriter)
| About:
God,
Universe
| Keywords:
compared, complex, Dark Room, devising, dice, ineffable, my version, obscure, own version, perspective, pitch-dark, pitch, pitches, pitch in, pitch into, players, plays, poker, pokers, poker game, Poker Player, The Dark Room, version, versions
«A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious few zillion years of existence not even a memory.»
«A severed hand Is an ugly thing and man dissevered from the earth and stars and his history... for contemplation or in fact... Often appears atrociously ugly. Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man Apart from that, or else you will share man's pitiful confusions, or drown in despair when his days darken.»
«All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion»
Author: Stephen Hawking
(Physicist)
| About:
God,
Universe
| Keywords:
casino, casinos, dice, gambler, gamblers, occasion, quite a, roulette, roulette wheel, spin, spinning wheel, The Casino, The Gambler, thrown, wheels
«A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker»
Author: David Hume
(Economist, Essayist, Historian, Philosopher)
| About:
Design,
Purpose,
Universe
| Keywords:
careless, thinker
«Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.»
«Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.»
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