“Fundamental physics is like an art more or less. It's completely non-practical, and you can't use it for anything. But it's about the universe and how the world came into being. It's very remote from your daily life and mine, and yet it defines us as human beings.” WorldHumansArtUseUniverseHuman BeingsMinesFundamentalsPhysicsPracticalsDaily Life Author:Yuri Milner
“We tend to be so bombarded with information, and we move so quickly, that there's a tendency to treat everything on the surface level and process things quickly. This is antithetical to the kind of openness and perception you have to have to be receptive to poetry.poetry seems to exist in a parallel universe outside daily life in America.” KindSeemsAmericaMovingPoetryUniverseProcessLevelsInformationPoetPerceptionTreatsSurfaceTendenciesDaily LifeOpennessParallelsReceptiveParallel UniverseBombarded Author:Rita Dove
“I'd like to see education play a larger role in our daily lives, have people come to a larger understanding - a "bigger picture" understanding - of how we fit into the world, and how we fit into the universe. Not necessarily thinking of ourselves, but thinking of others.” PeopleThinkingWorldPlayUniverseUnderstandingRolesFitBiggerDaily LifeBigger PictureThinking Of Others Author:George Lucas