Author: Geoffrey West

Quotes

Life is extraordinarily resilient. It's been around for over a billion years.

Life is extraordinarily resilient. It's been around for over a billion years.

- Geoffrey West

Sometimes, I look out at nature and I think, 'Everything here is obeying my conjecture.' It's a wonderfully narcissistic feeling.

Sometimes, I look out at nature and I think, 'Everything here is obeying my conjecture.' It's a wonderfully narcissistic feeling.

- Geoffrey West

Every fundamental law has exceptions. But you still need the law or else all you have is observations that don't make sense. And that's not science. That's just taking notes.

Every fundamental law has exceptions. But you still need the law or else all you have is observations that don't make sense. And that's not science. That's just taking notes.

- Geoffrey West

Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads 'arteries' and so forth.

Cities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads 'arteries' and so forth.

- Geoffrey West

When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere.

When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere.

- Geoffrey West

I've always wanted to find the rules that govern everything. It's amazing that such rules exist. It's even more amazing that we can find them.

I've always wanted to find the rules that govern everything. It's amazing that such rules exist. It's even more amazing that we can find them.

- Geoffrey West

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