I've learned to be one of the hardheadedest cats in the world. I've learned that.
The desire for order is the only order in the world.
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.
Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.
We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. Like the images the photographer plunges into a golden bath, our sentiments take on color; and only then, after that recoil and that trans-figuration, do we understand their real meaning and enjoy them in all their tranquil splendor.
The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?
I have two sons, ages 38 and 25 in Texas, and my wife and seven year old daughter here in Nashville. On New Year's I'd rather be with them.
Who but a physicist, in the research lab or the corporation, could mix and match multiple ideas, models, technologies from different disciplines and thrive on change and new ideas. . . ?
You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.
So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.