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Quotes About Dimensions

It was some kind of cosmic switching device, routing the traffic of the stars through unimaginable dimensions of space and time. He was passing through a Grand Central Station of the galaxy.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
How obvious, now, was that mathematical ratio of its sides, the quadratic sequence 1:4:9! And how naive to have imagined that the series ended there, in only three dimensions!
~ Arthur C. Clarke
When it is imperative to make a vivid offering towards life then a simulated introspection for all possible dimensions may be endured to establish a relationship with external world and world within
~ Amit Gupta
souls should, by definition, also teach about "the metaphysical dimensions
~ John Medina
The true dimensions of a soul are seen in its delights. Not what we dutifully will but what we passionately want reveals our excellence or evil.
~ John Piper
Senza?ii de avorton—?i senza?ia unui dumnezeu—, altele n-am cunoscut. Punct ?i infinit, dimensiunile mele, modurile mele de existen??.
~ Emil M. Cioran
The world is like a picture with a golden background and we the figures in that picture. Until you step off the plane of the picture into the large dimensions of death you cannot see the gold. But we have reminders of it.-George MacDonald *Gold being Heaven *Picture being life
~ George MacDonald
If we are honest, I think we have to admit that we will likely try to sabotage any movement toward true freedom. If we really knew what we were called to relinquish on this journey, our defenses would never allow us to take the first step. Sometimes the only way we can enter the deeper dimensions of the journey is by being unable to see where we're going.
~ Gerald G. May
It is very important to me to maintain a consistent workout regimen during the season. The Bulls staff does a great job with providing me with a weekly workout, and these kept me energized throughout my rookie season. In the off season, I try to increase my strength and add new dimensions to my game.
~ Derrick Rose
Popular science can say some pretty wild things these days, but the supernatural is still out, as is Lamarck. You can have as many dimensions as you want, as long as none of them contains ghosts, telepathy, anything that fucks with Charles Darwin, or anything that Hitler liked (apart from Charles Darwin).
~ Scarlett Thomas
History can't give attention to what's been lost, hidden, or deliberately buried; it is mostly a telling of success, not the partial failures that enabled success.[31] Without at least imagining the missing dimensions to the stories, our view of how to make things happen in the present is seriously compromised.
~ Scott Berkun
Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into past, present, and future.
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
I guess my writing through time has focused on a number of dimensions that reflect separately on the meaning and social place of the female body.
~ Shirley Geok-lin Lim
No doubt speculation will continue for a long time over what force alters and orders the dimensions of that place.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
People often look to great athletes for lessons about performance. ... But success in medicine has dimensions that cannot be found on a playing field.
~ Atul Gawande
The idea of 10 dimensions might sound exciting, but they would cause real problems if you forget where you parked your car.
~ Stephen Hawking
Consider the apparent dimension of the universe. According to M-theory, space-time has ten space dimensions and one time dimension. The idea is that seven of the space dimensions are curled up so small that we don't notice them, leaving us with the illusion that all that exist are the three remaining large dimensions we are familiar with.
~ Stephen Hawking
As a result, in more than three dimensions the sun would not be able to exist in a stable state with its internal pressure balancing the pull of gravity. It would either fall apart or collapse to form a black hole, either of which could ruin your day.
~ Stephen Hawking
Why do we see only three space dimensions and one time dimension? The suggestion is that the other dimensions are curved up into a space of very small size, something like a million million million million millionth of an inch. This is so small that we just don't notice it: we see only one time dimension and three space dimensions, in which space-time is fairly flat.
~ Stephen Hawking
Segundo algumas teorias, o universo que vivenciamos é apenas uma superfície quadridimensional em um espaço com dez ou onze dimensões. O filme Interestelar dá uma ideia de como isso funcionaria. Nós não veríamos essas dimensões extras porque a luz não se propagaria por elas, mas apenas pelas quatro dimensões do nosso universo.
~ Stephen Hawking
Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. Stephen Hawking
~ Stephen Hawking
Go, then, there are other worlds than these.' 
~ Stephen King
After all, there are other worlds than these and that fuckin train rolls through all of them.
~ Stephen King
There are other worlds than these.
~ Stephen King