William Broad quotes

William Broad quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A cosmic mystery of immense proportions, once seemingly on the verge of solution, has deepened and left astronomers and astrophysicists more baffled than ever. The crux ... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.”
-- William Broad

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“The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.”
-- William Broad

#Stupidity Quotes #Missing Quotes #Majority Quotes

“It was one thing to hide away from the world. It was quite another to discover the world didn't miss you when you were gone.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.139, Macmillan
“Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.”

Source : Abba Solomon Eban (1968). “Forward to peace: text of the address in the twenty-third plenary session of the Gerneral Assembly of the United Nations, Monday, 8 October, 1968”
“I have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and civilized men. It's us!”
“I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.”
“I'm always a little leery about doing shows where I'm not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes. After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.”
“There is such a thing as the courage in remaining baffled.”
“The mind that is not baffled, is unemployed”
“The majority can never replace the man”
“By rejecting the authority of the individual and replacing it by the numbers of some momentary mob, the parliamentary principle of majority rule sins against the basic aristocratic principle of Nature...”
“Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.”

Source : Alan Barth, James David Barber (1965). “Heritage of Liberty”

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