5 quotes found
"Men are often praised for their sagacity, but all the foresight in the world can't tell a double-yoked egg until it is broken."
"... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect. Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion, and we have been bored stiff long enough I think."
"Life’s solution builds a forceful case for the predictability of evolutionary outcomes, not in terms of genetic details but rather their broad phenotypic manifestations. The case rests on a remarkable compilation of examples of convergent evolution, in which two or more lineages have independently evolved similar structures and functions."
"It's weird how I am constantly surprised by the passage of time when it's literally the most predictable thing in the Universe."
"When what we believe we’ve mastered is no longer predictable we’re not fine. The world suddenly is a very scary place. It loses its charm."