Nigel Weiss quotes

“Variable behaviour of the sun is an obvious explanation, and there is increasing evidence that Earth's climate responds to changing patterns of solarmagnetic activity. ... If you look back into the sun's past, you find that we live in a period of abnormally high solar activity. ... It's a boom-bust system, and I would expect a crash soon. ... Having a crash would certainly allow us to pin down the sun's true level of influence on the Earth's climate. Then we will be able to act on fact, rather than from fear.”
-- Nigel Weiss

#Past Quotes #Looks Quotes #Behaviour Quotes

“In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.”

“I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.”

“What we have done in the past is not sufficient now to prepare our youth.”

“The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down.”

“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”

“Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.184, Macmillan

“A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.”

“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”

“You can look at the words on this paper and, because they are the ones I am used to choosing, they will show you the shape of me. I am here to be read in the way you might read the impression of my weight in a bed after a still night, a restless night, a night not alone.”

Source : A.L. Kennedy (2010). “Original Bliss”, p.74, Random House

“Nobody adopts antisocial behaviour unless they fear that they will fail if they remain on the social side of life.”