Alfonso X of Castile quotes

“Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.”
-- Alfonso X of Castile

Source : Said after studying the Ptolemaic system (attributed)

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“If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon his creation, I should have recommended something simpler. Remarking on the complexity of Ptolemaic model of the universe after it was explained to him.”
-- Alfonso X of Castile

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“If God had consulted me before embarking on the Creation, I would have suggested something simpler.”
-- Alfonso X of Castile

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“Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. Remarking on the complexity of Ptolemaic model of the universe after it was explained to him. Footnote: Carlyle says, in his History of Frederick the Great, book ii. chap. vii. that this saying of Alphonso about Ptolemy's astronomy, 'that it seemed a crank machine; that it was pity the Creator had not taken advice,' is still remembered by mankind, - this and no other of his many sayings.”
-- Alfonso X of Castile

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“Sensible men no longer belive in miracles; they were invented by priests to humbug the peasants.”
-- Alfonso X of Castile

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“When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.”

Source : "Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas". Book by Abby Sunderland and Lynn Vincent, 2011.

“A lot of the questions that anyone would naturally have about their family, you'll get much of the answers for, or at least hints to where it will go, in the future.”

“The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you.”

“And I add this part here, to hint to whoever shall read it, that whenever they come to a true Sense of things, they will find Deliverance from Sin a much greater Blessing than Deliverance from Affliction.”

“The mystic cannot wholly do without symbol and image, inadequate to his vision though they must always be: for his experience must be expressed if it is to be communicated, and its actuality is inexpressible except in some hint or parallel which will stimulate the dormant intuition of the reader.”

“You’re a peach full of poison, you know that?" Mosca snapped back, but could not quite keep a hint of admiration from her tone.”

“The blues is not the creation of a crushed-spirited people. It is the product of a forward-looking, upward-striving people.”

Source : Albert Murray, Roberta S. Maguire (1997). “Conversations with Albert Murray”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi

“These gun laws are very much the creation of the Prime Minister.”

“The creation of the UCB Theatre is by far my proudest professional accomplishment.”

“The monster I kill every day is the monster of realism. The monster who attacks me every day is destruction. Out of the duel comes the transformation. I turn destruction into creation over and over again.”