“The glow from all the Glimmers was so bright, Roger handed Santa sunglasses.The sleigh slowly rose in a bright ball of light. It almost looked like a snow globe."Merry Christmas to all, keep your Glimmer light bright.””
Quotes by Robert S. Ball
“Happiness Makes Up in Height For What It Lacks in LengthOh, stormy stormy world,The days you were not swirledAround with mist and cloud,Or wrapped as in a shroud,And the sun’s brilliant ballWas not in part or allObscured from mortal view”
“Life is either a collision of random events, like billiard balls during a break careening off and into one another, or if you are so inclined to believe, our predetermined fate”
“He is engaged in barter and no nonsense. He pays taxes he can’t evade and doesn’t care whether they are called “excise” or “king’s pence” or “squeeze” or straight-out bribes. It is the other kid’s bat and ball and backyard, so you play by his rules”
“Neuroimaging studies show the PFC reining in more emotional brain regions in the name of doing (or thinking) the right thing. Stick a volunteer in a brain scanner and flash up pictures of faces. And in a depressing, well-replicated finding, flash up the face of someone of another race and in about 75 percent of subjects, there is activation of the amygdala, the brain region central to fear, anxiety, and aggression.[*] In under a tenth of a second.[*] And then the PFC does the harder thing. In most of those subjects, a few seconds after the amygdala activates, the PFC kicks in, turning off the amygdala. It’s a delayed frontocortical voice”
Robert S. BallRobert S. Ball was a prominent Irish astronomer and author, known for his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to the general public. Born in 1840, he dedicated much of his life to the s...