John Archibald Wheeler Quotes

To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love. So maybe I'll end up loving your theory.

John Archibald Wheeler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: physicist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1911 - April 13, 2008

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Both of my grandfathers fought in the Second World War, and my great-grandfather died at the Somme in the First World War. I never truly believed that the War just finished and everyone was happy-clappy, brought out the bunting, and felt everything was okay again. That's definitely not my impression of the fall-out of war.

Andrea Riseborough

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I believe once you watch a Miyazaki film, you'll get hooked.

John Lasseter

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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you don't owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes.

John Mackey

YouSayTaxesPayEthicalYour

If each of your time steps is one week long, you are not modeling the stock price terribly well over a one-week time period, because you are saying that there are only two possible outcomes.

John Hull

TimeSayingWeekLongYouPossible

If you want improvements in coal, you've got to keep people in the business.

Matt Mead

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As players, you can't decide who manages the club.

Mesut Ozil

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Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Stendhal

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Books and technology are braided together and always have been.

Robin Sloan

TechnologyTogetherAlwaysBeen

Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.

Mike Figgis

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I think my parents knew before I did that I was going to be an actress, because I was doing impressions of Margaret Thatcher at the age of four.

Michelle Dockery

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There are times when you come across somebody that's really impressive, someone that's got a proper living and really does make a difference to people's lives. Then I do feel a bit of a wanker, admitting I'm an actress. That's hard to say to someone who may be making a difference. But I don't know how I could change things.

Michelle Gomez

ChangePeopleMake A DifferenceYou

Certainly, historically, there has been more attention given in the international media to Indian English-language writers than to Pakistani English-language writers. But that, in my opinion, was justified by the sheer number of excellent writers coming from India and the Indian diaspora.

Mohsin Hamid

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