Roger Joseph Boscovich quotes

“Were it not for gravity one man might hurl another by a puff of his breath into the depths of space, beyond recall for all eternity.”
-- Roger Joseph Boscovich

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“Prejudice for regularity and simplicity is a source of error that has only too often infected philosophy.”
-- Roger Joseph Boscovich

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“It will be found that everything depends on the composition of the forces with which the particles of matter act upon one another; and from these forces, as a matter of fact, all phenomena of Nature take their origin.”
-- Roger Joseph Boscovich

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“I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.”

“I value science--none can prize it more, It gives ten thousand motives to adore: Be it religious, as it ought to be, The heart it humbles, and it bows the knee.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1866). “The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866”, p.22

“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”

“There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world. Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.”

“Why don't you light that candle ?”

“All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.”

“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”

“Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.”

“Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

“I always knew I was going to die in space.”