Arthur Eddington

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the 19th century.