12 quotes
What used to be an advantage had quickly turned into a liability, proving once more that in the mountains, as in life, nothing comes easily.
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
There are no uninteresting fates, and each man takes away the universe when he dies.
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
Reason is our guide, but the eye is its most trusted counselor.
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
We all love mysteries in books and hate them in life. I’m no exception. After all, the reason we love mysteries in books is that the secret is revealed on the last page.
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
This mountain could be a throne for God or Satan, but luckily, we are no longer children. We’ve climbed the highest peak in the solar system accessible to us, that’s all. Be happy, man!
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
The professor was lost in thought. He was disturbed and worried, but proud that he was behaving like a true scientist: he wasn’t losing his head, or panicking, or believing in miracles.
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
“What is the aim of science?”
“What?”
“Man’s happiness. If science doesn’t make men happier, what good is it? Knowledge is power, a weapon, and if the scientist doesn’t care where it’s aimed, what makes him different from a mercenary soldier?”
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
I’m sure that the fantastic descriptions of interstellar travel in the science fiction of the last century made many a heart skip a beat. I really don’t want my account to be a wet blanket, but the truth is the truth: there is nothing duller than space flight.
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
Life is full of situations cut short, unfinished observations, everything that doesn’t fit in the parameters of a story that would make sense to strangers. We keep them to ourselves and we carry them away with us.
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
“In traveling to the past, you can either appear in a predetermined point in space or in a predetermined point in time. In principle, it is impossible to do both simultaneously.” (Fundamental Temporalics, A.D. 2023)
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
Just try telling a teenager that he’s a conformist. Ha! It’s safer to tweak a tiger’s whiskers. Yet who’s most influenced by fads and fashions? Who is the easiest to turn into a raging mob? The teenager.
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)
“I’m not saying that you don’t exist. You exist falsely.”
“But I’m flying!”
“That’s the point. A man can’t fly on his own. That would be a miracle. People with little grounding in physics are apt to believe anything, but we know that there is no place for miracles in nature.”
The Uncertainty Principle (1978)