Source: Simply Irresistible
“Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.”
“Experience is what you get while looking for something else.”
"Experience"
I'm a Born Liar (2003)
“You don't need something more to get something more. That's what emergence means.”
TED talk on beauty and truth in physics — video TC 14m48s (March 2007) http://ted.com/index.php/talks/murray_gell_mann_on_beauty_and_truth_in_physics.html.
Context: You don't need something more to get something more. That's what emergence means. Life can emerge from physics and chemistry plus a lot of accidents. The human mind can arise from neurobiology and a lot of accidents, the way the chemical bond arises from physics and certain accidents. Doesn't diminish the importance of these subjects to know they follow from more fundamental things plus accidents.
“You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it.”
“When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.”
Source: Two Boys Kissing
“Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.”
As quoted in Time (28 August 1972).
Source: The Lonely Dead (2004), Ch. 5
