Douglas William Jerrold Quotes

Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.

Weight is caused by one element being situated in another; and it moves by the shortest line towards its centre, not by its own choice, not because the centre draws it to itself, but because the other intervening element cannot withstand it.

Gravity is matter’s sugar daddy.

Gravity is more powerful where there's more stuff.

The very fact that you thought of it means that, somewhere in your mind, it's believable to you. All you have to do is convince your audience that it's possible.

I love physics.

In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out of the window.

Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.

I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.

A touch of truth makes a lie worth believing.

Gravity has taken over me from time to time. But otherwise than that, I'm blessed with good health. That's the bottom line.

How does gravity work? And if it were to cease suddenly, would certain restaurants still require a jacket?

Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.

Centripetal force is the force by which bodies are drawn from all sides, are impelled, or in any way tend, toward some point as to a center.

You sometimes speak of gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray do not ascribe that notion to me, for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it.

Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.

GRAVITATION, n. The tendency of all bodies to approach one another with a strength proportioned to the quantity of matter they contain-the quantity of matter they contain being ascertained by the strength of their tendency to approach one another. This is a lovely and edifying illustration of how science, having made A the proof of B, makes B the proof of A.

Ultimately the most challenging thing, always, is to just be convincing

People will buy snake oil from anybody who seems to be selling it in a persuasive way.

What convinces is not necessarily true-it is merely convincing: a note for asses.

Persuasion occurs when trust and confidence meet belief, risk tolerance, and safety.

Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.

It's actually kind of weird that we can comprehend the law of gravity, or that we can understand quantum mechanics, enough at least to make computers.

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.

I haven’t even really tried to win you over, Roza. When I want to, I can be very persuasive.