Timothy Ferris
Born: 08-28-1944
Timothy Ferriss is an American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker, best known for his self-help books focusing on lifestyle design. His groundbreaking work, "The 4-Hour Workweek," became a bestseller, inspiring readers to optimize productivity and live more fulfilling lives. With a background in business from Princeton University, Ferriss is also a successful angel investor and host of the popular podcast, "The Tim Ferriss Show," where he explores diverse strategies for success.
Book summaries for books written by Timothy Ferris
Quotes
The stars are the atoms of the universe.
The Milky Way is a large city of stars, so crowded together that the most powerful telescope ever invented cannot see more than a fraction of them.
Physicists can be a pain in the neck. They are always looking for the ultimate constituent of matter, the smallest particles of which the universe is made.
We are stardust, and to the stars we shall return.
Astronomy is useful because it raises us above ourselves; it is useful because it is grand; it shows us the universe in all its grandeur.
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.
Humans are not the culmination of anything, nor are we somehow the paragons of creation.
The most striking thing about the universe is that we can understand it.
The stars are the streetlights of eternity.
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
We are not only observers of the universe, but also participants in its story.
The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.