Quotes from Douglas E. Richards

And while this might just be the cliché attraction that many students were fabled to feel toward their professors—although this seemed to work better for literature professors than for those teaching physics—he didn't care.

A woman needs to have a number of qualities for me to really fall for her. She has to be bright. Being brilliant, like you, is a bonus. She has to have a great sense of humor—like yours. And finally—even though I sound like I'm reading from a Kelly Connolly resume—she has to be independent. Fiercely independent.

But whatever you choose to believe about the US, believe this: China has become a totalitarian state, and its citizens don't have a fraction of the freedoms that we have here. And don't be fooled by the propaganda. The US isn't perfect, by any means, but it's still a bastion of liberty that continues to be a positive force in the world.

How are you making utopia sound like Hell on Earth?

Who cares if you know for sure that many millions will ignore the law, and thousands will die each year because of it. Same thing with this. The danger of addiction and traffic fatalities will be gladly overlooked and accepted. Cell phones still cause numerous deaths, but nobody has the nerve and audacity to suggest we stop using them." No one spoke for several long seconds.

You don't need creativity when you're telling the truth,

thinned out. I will reduce your numbers from more than eight billion, to five or six million. Five or six million of you who will be modeled after the winning team in every way possible, representing their country, culture, philosophy, level of ruthlessness, and so on.

but once it's fleshed out, you never know. And even if it doesn't quite reach the level of importance of relativity, I think it will be just as surprising to the world as this was

one from the great pioneer of quantum physics, Niels Bohr, who had said, "We all agree that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough.

Fairy tales do not tell children that monsters exist. Children already know that monsters exist. Fairy tales tell children that monsters can be killed." —G.K. Chesterton, (English writer and philosopher)

Sons of Islam everywhere, the jihad is a duty—to establish the rule of Allah on earth and to liberate your countries and yourselves from America's domination and its Zionist allies. It is your battle—either victory or martyrdom." ?—Ahmed Yassin, founder of Hamas

I had been taught that going into battle with someone you loved—especially a subordinate—was a terrible idea, because it led to suboptimal decisions.

Presidents could be fickle and arbitrary. Each new one with wildly different visions and priorities. And when all was said and done, they were nothing more than civilians who managed to get donors excited enough to give them money, and then win a popularity contest. They weren't the smartest or best trained that humanity had to offer, and they didn't have the best judgment. The truly brilliant, truly gifted, wanted little to do with politics. Cargill

PART 8 "Battle not with monsters, Lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze into the abyss, The abyss gazes back into you." —Friedrich Nietzsche,

The dead keep their secrets. And in a while we shall be as wise as they." —Alexander Smith "Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and listen to my private thoughts?" ? Juliet, from Romeo and Juliet, (modern translation)

Also, I'll want to scan your brain using the ultra-high-resolution MRI at our main facility. I need to confirm Kelvin's data as to the final positioning of your implants.

We both absently pulled handguns from our holsters and extended them outward.

What's even more horrific than his existence," he added in disgust, "is that we in Germany let him come to power. Many of us were dead set against it, but not enough. The majority stood by and let him commit his atrocities.

the longer the life-span, the more stagnant and ossified a species would become. There was something to be said for experience, but youth brought fresh blood and bold new ideas. A dose of much-needed vitality.

But he had no doubt that any inconvenience felt by Delamater would be redirected his way, ten-fold. And that would be very, very bad.

Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble." —Shakespeare (Macbeth)

anything I've ever done. This makes string theory look as simple as addition.

Quantum electrodynamics holds that the all-pervading vacuum continuously spawns particles and waves that spontaneously pop into and out of existence on an almost unimaginably short time scale. This churning quantum 'foam,' as some physicists call it, is believed to extend throughout the universe. It fills empty space within the atoms in human bodies, and reaches the emptiest and most remote regions of the cosmos.

Churchill had said, "When you're going through hell, keep going,