
“Great physics does not automatically imply complicated mathematics!”
[Martinus Veltman, Facts and mysteries in elementary particle physics, World Scientific, 2003, 981238149X, 15, https://books.google.com/books?id=CNCHDIobj0IC&pg=PA15]
Often remarked when hearing about new technological advances; quoted in Communications of the ACM http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=6325, pg. 231.
“Great physics does not automatically imply complicated mathematics!”
[Martinus Veltman, Facts and mysteries in elementary particle physics, World Scientific, 2003, 981238149X, 15, https://books.google.com/books?id=CNCHDIobj0IC&pg=PA15]
“In life, great people always come from having faced and complicated situations.”
Original: Nella vita, le grandi persone provengono sempre dall'aver affrontato e superato situazioni complicate.
Source: prevale.net
Commenting on decreased physical role of his character from book The Hunger Games as changed for adaptation to film. — — [Davia L. Mosley, 'The Hunger Games' exclusive Cast members share highlights, behind-the-scenes action, Marietta Daily Journal, Georgia, United States, March 13, 2012]
“Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it.”
“The Great Architect of the universe built it of good stuff.”
Source: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Ch. XXXI in the French text, Tr. William Butcher (1992)
From Here to Eternity (1951), p. 668
Context: Why was it everything was always so goddam complicated? Even the simplest things was so goddam complicated when you come to doing them.
On how he learnt Guitar, Guitar School magazine, "Rock n' Roll high school" February 1996.
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“It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology.”