On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he was writing-after a pause came the reply, 'Perhaps seven.'
Arthur EddingtonIf an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.
Arthur EddingtonIn any attempt to bridge the domains of experience belonging to the spiritual and physical sides of nature, time occupies the key position.
Arthur Eddington