Tilt Quotes (2 quotes)
The vernal equinox represents a moment of celestial symmetry, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis aligns perfectly with its orbit around the sun. It’s a reminder of the elegant mechanics that govern our solar system.
A fictional quote imagined in the style of a theoretical physicist and author (19 Mar 2024).
To each conqueror can be said, when he has ceased tormenting our poor globe, ‘Would you not have been able to tilt equally well against a little globe of pasteboard?
From Appendix A, 'Extracts From the Unpublished Writings of Carnot', Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat (1890, 2nd ed. 1897), 210.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
