“The most advanced medical brains in the universe have yet to discover a way for a man to relax himself, and looking at a golf ball is not the cure.” MenWayUniverseBrainBallsGolfMedicalCuresRelaxGolf Ball Author:Milt Gross
“One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.” IfsTryingStillsIdeasShowsDiesUniverseKnowingBallsMysticismMechanismSpinningCopingCoping Mechanisms Author:Robin Ince
“I believe seeing earth a small blue ball in the vast dark ocean of space, gives you a new perspective on life and what is important. You can see how small we are as compared to the universe and how fragile our lives are.” GivingBelieveImportantEarthUniverseI BelieveDarkSpaceOur LivesSeeingPerspectiveOceanBallsBlueFragileNew Perspective Author:Anousheh Ansari
“The Europeans are all deeply tainted with prejudices, both ecclesiastical and temporal, which they can never get rid of. They are all infected with episcopal and presbyterian creeds, and confessions of faith. They all believe that great Principle which has produced this boundless universe, Newton's universe and Herschell's universe, came down to this little ball, to be spit upon by Jews. And until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world.” WorldBelieveLittlesUniversePrinciplesBallsPrejudiceJewAwfulConfessionCreedsNewtonSpitBoundlessBlasphemyTaintedPresbyterians Book:The Portable John Adams Source: The Portable John Adams