The Ballyfermot Blogger

“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.”

“All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion”

“When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have”

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.”

“I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason”

“Not only does God play dice, but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.”

“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”

“It matters if you just don’t give up”