when you're young you do think that things last forever unfortunately they don't Lyra.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.

All good things pass away.

One moment several things are possible, the next moment only one happens, and the rest don't exist. Except that other worlds have sprung into being, on which the did happen.

If there is a war to be fought, we don’t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.

You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.

There’s been terrible things we seen, en’t there? And more a coming, more’n likely. So I think I’d rather not know what’s in the future. I’ll stick to the present.

When you live for many hundreds of years, you know that every opportunity will come again.

That’s the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

Hope holds you fast like an anchor so you don't give way.

As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.

All of my friends were doing babysitting jobs. I wanted money without the job.

A man's character is his fate.

I entered the Physics Department in 1950, receiving a Master's degree in 1953 and a Ph.D. in 1956. It is difficult to convey the sense of excitement that pervaded the Department at that time.

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What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Growing around great musicians, you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when I started singing, it was almost like speaking.