quotes about Why We Are Here
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Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
-- Edward Albee -
We don't know why we are here and . . . our role in the universe, and the thought of an infinite universe. It's something the human mind can't really grasp. [And] it's statistically impossible that there's not life on other planets.
-- Joel Kinnaman -
Remember then that there is only one important time, and that time is now. The most important one is always the one you are with. And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side. This is why we are here.
-- Jon J Muth -
I told her why we are here. I told you wouldn't hurt Jack." "The coffin?" I smiled. I couldn't help it. He was a 'jack in a box.
-- Laurell K. Hamilton -
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Eloquent and moving... an extraordinary testament to the enduring power of love - beyond faith and dogma. It reminds us of why we are here: to love and live fully, to be curious about all things, and to live a compassionate - and passionate - authentic life.
-- Mira Bartok -
An interest in the brain requires no justification other than a curiosity to know why we are here, what we are doing here, and where we are going.
-- Paul D. MacLean -
It is time for us to take off our masks, to step out from behind our personas - whatever they might be: educators, activists, biologists, geologists, writers, farmers, ranchers, and bureaucrats - and admit we are lovers, engaged in an erotics of place. Loving the land. Honoring its mysteries. Acknowledging, embracing the spirit of place - there is nothing more legitimate and there is nothing more true. That is why we are here. That is why we do what we do. There is nothing intellectual about it. We love the land. It is a primal affair.
-- Terry Tempest WilliamsSource : Terry Tempest Williams (2015). “An Unspoken Hunger”, p.77, Vintage
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The main reason, Your Holiness, of why we are here today, is it is not the business of the church to stray from the field of faith and morals and wonder into the playground that is science... it is not the business of the church to pronounce on science.
-- Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley -
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If someone is feeling out of sorts or detached it's a great time to bring them in and restate why we are here and what we are trying to do.
-- John PetrucciSource : Source: myglobalmind.com
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Source : "Picture of the week: Women, by Richard Avedon" by Hannah Booth, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2013.
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“The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.”
Source : "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey". Documentary, 2014.