“There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black.” IfsCultureBlackBloodTheoryAfrican AmericanAmerican CultureAfrican American Culture Author:Keegan-Michael Key
“There is nothing, under present conditions, that can be more easily and exactly reproduced than a technically good black-and-white photograph, and it is utter rot to burden those interested in them with irrelevant biographical trivia and pet longwinded theory.” BlackWhiteConditionsTheoryPhotographBurdenPetBlack And WhiteIrrelevantTrivia Book:Clarence John Laughlin: the personal eye Source: Clarence John Laughlin: the personal eye
“What I do for living, working on something called string theory which we think may answer the fundamental question: Are there other universes? Can you go through a black hole? Can you warp the fabric of space and time and meet your mother before you were born? These are all questions that in principle string theory should be able to answer.” ThinkingShouldMayAbleMotherUniverseBlackBornSpaceAnswersPrinciplesTheoryFundamentalsHolesStringsFabricTime And SpaceBlack HoleWarpString Theory Author:Michio Kaku
“A theory deeply etched in our law [is that] a free society prefers to punish the few who abuse the rights of free speech after they break the law rather than to throttle them and all others beforehand.” LawBlackJusticeBreakRightsTheorySpeechAbuseFree SpeechFree SocietyThrottle Author:Clarence Thomas
“The simplest case, where one is informed that a cat is black because it is black, may be harmless, though irritating and useless; but the actual cases [in statements of evolutionary theory] are always harder to detect than this, and may darken counsel for a long time.” MayLongBlackCasesTheoryLong TimeCatHarderStatementsUselessSimplestIrritating Author:Norman Macbeth
“Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were the individuals who exploded feminist theory into the directions that has made it more powerful. So I see us as the leaders not just of Black people and Black women in terms of feminism but in terms of the movement as a whole.” PeopleBelieveMadeWholeIndividualBlackTermPowerfulLeaderCuttingWrittenFeminismMovementParticularColorTheoryEdgesFeministMade ItRadicalBlack PeopleBlack WomenMilitantCutting EdgeFeminist Theory Author:Bell Hooks
“Once again, my colleague Stephen Hawking has upset the apple cart. The event horizon surrounding a black hole was once though to be an imaginary sphere. But recent theories indicate that it may actually be physical, maybe even a sphere of fire. But I don't trust any of these calculations until we have a full-blown string theory calculation, since Einstein's theory by itself is incomplete.” MayBlackFireEventsTheoryHolesUpsetApplesStringsHorizonSpheresImaginaryColleaguesCalculationsIncompleteDon't TrustCartsBlack HoleEvent HorizonString Theory Author:Michio Kaku
“Combining quantum entanglement with wormholes yields mind boggling results about black holes. But I don't trust them until we have a theory of everything which can combine quantum effects with general relativity. i.e. we need to have a full blown string theory resolve this sticky question.” NeedsMindBlackResultsEffectsTheoryHolesStringsResolveYieldQuantumRelativityDon't TrustCombiningBlack HoleStickyString TheoryEntanglementMind BogglingGeneral RelativityWormholes Author:Michio Kaku
“Macroscopic objects, as we see them all around us, are governed by a variety of forces, derived from a variety of approximations to a variety of physical theories. In contrast, the only elements in the construction of black holes are our basic concepts of space and time. They are, thus, almost by definition, the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe.” UniverseForceBlackSpacePerfectObjectsTheoryElementsConceptsDefinitionsHolesVarietyConstructionContrastTime And SpaceBlack HoleApproximation Author:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
“My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best art in black people. The best example is, Reagan and Bush gave us the best years of hiphop.” PeopleIfsYearsArtSocialBlackExampleTheoryTenNineBlack PeopleBest YearBest Art Author:Questlove
“We already know the limits of Einstein's theories. From the centers of black holes at the very beginning of the universe - we call these singularities - Einstein's equations fail. In fact, people have joked that's where God is dividing by zero.” PeopleKnowsFactsUniverseBlackFailingTheoryLimitsHolesZeroEquationsDividingSingularityBlack Hole Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“[Malcolm Fraser] went straight from Melbourne Grammar to Oxford. And he would have been a very lonely person, and I think he probably met a lot of black students there who were also probably lonely. I think he formed friendships with them, which established his judgement about the question of colour. That’s my theory. I don’t know whether it’s right or not, but that’s what I always respected about Malcolm. He was absolutely, totally impeccable on the question of race and colour.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsHas BeensBlackRaceStudentsColorTheoryMetsLonelyJudgementGrammarOxfordImpeccableMelbourneRace And ColorLonely Person Author:Bob Hawke
“It hurts to see that everything on television is based on pillaring people. Nobody's sort of given the opportunity to be nice anymore. I think that is somewhat reflective of tragically the society that we live in today where we want to know people off their pedestal or we want to hurt, we want to harm instead of boosting and following by example. It's always about the crud of society, the black sheep of society that producers seem to think the public wants rather than my old theory of the cream rising to the top.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSeemsTodayOpportunityGivenBlackHurtNiceExampleTelevisionTheoryFollowingHarmProducersRisingSheepCreamBeing NiceIt HurtsPedestalBlack Sheep Author:Robin Leach
“'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters; to trust characters and hate other characters, but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling in my book.” PeopleBookDifferentCharacterHateBlackTheoryExcitingDebateStorytellingAllegianceOrphanDifferent Characters Author:Tatiana Maslany
“In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don't start, it's either the fuel system or the electrical system. Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore. The car is effectively a black box.” IfsSeemsBlackSimpleTeachPathCarTheoryBoxesFuelShoreEnginesStraightforwardElectricalTracingUnreachableBlack Boxes Author:Adam Savage