Shapley's Quotes

Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes. — Cesar Romero

Some piously record 'In the beginning God', but I say 'In the beginning hydrogen'. — Harlow Shapley

Freedom in the practical sense is the independence of the power of choice from necessitation by impulses of sensibility — Immanuel Kant

Prosperity knits a man to the world. — C.S. Lewis

Theories crumble, but good observations never fade. — Harlow Shapley

It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat. — Richard Koch

Yoga makes me feel like I can do anything. — Lady Gaga

What you do not understand is that there are things that cannot be bought. — Agatha Christie

The solar system is off center and consequently man is too ... — Harlow Shapley

Social media is just useless garbage until one random, serendipitous, meaningful connection happens and suddenly the whole world shifts. — Dan Blank

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas ... — Han Fei

No one trusts a model except the man who wrote it; everyone trusts an observation, except the man who made it. — Harlow Shapley

Nobody gives twenty-five million dollars to anybody if they're not getting twenty-five million worth out of it. Forget it. It just doesn't happen. — Paul Reed Smith

Have you seen The Yellow Sign? — Robert W. Chambers

As long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened. — Marguerite Duras

We put a President up there, and then we set fire to him because he's not solving all our problems. — John Lennon

But while the thought of being dead seemed appealing, the actual act of dying did not. — Leslye Walton

The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news. — Jessica Savitch

The fact is that the New Deal was, overall, a dismal failure. — Mark Levin