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science thinking goal
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Its goal is to find out how the world works, to seek what regularities there may be, to penetrate to the connections of things-from subatomic particles, which may be the constituents of all matter, to living organisms, the human social community, and thence to the cosmos as a whole. Carl Sagan
science fiction advantage
I find science so much more fascinating than science fiction. It also has the advantage of being true. Carl Sagan
science survivor kicking
When a honeybee dies it releases a death pheromone, a characteristic odour that signals the survivors to remove it from the hive. The corpse is promptly pushed and tugged out of the hive. The death pheromone is oleic acid. What happens if a live bee is dabbed with a drop of oleic acid? Then no matter how strapping and vigourous it might be, it is carried kicking and screaming out of the hive. Carl Sagan
science columbus usual
The usual rejoinder to someone who says 'They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Galileo' is to say 'But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown'. Carl Sagan
science thinking people
I'd like the [Cosmos] series to be so visually stimulating that somebody who isn't even interested in the concepts will just watch for the effects. And I'd like people who are prepared to do some thinking to be really stimulated. Carl Sagan
science perfect instruments
Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge. It's just the best we have. Carl Sagan
science interesting imperfection
There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who disprove the findings of the most revered among us. So Einstein is revered not just because he made so many fundamental contributions to science, but because he found an imperfection in the fundamental contribution of Isaac Newton. Carl Sagan
science way fool
Science is a way to not fool ourselves. Carl Sagan
science technology science-physics
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science Carl Sagan
technology irony access
The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker. Beeban Kidron
technology guitar acoustics
Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic. Beck
technology territory tools
When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory. Beck
technology example company
History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies. Barry Ritholtz
technology rivers political
Have we come all this way, I wondered, only to be dismantled by our own technologies, to be betrayed by political connivance or the impersonal avarice of a corporation? Barry Lopez
technology damage comfort
A vast technology has been developed to prevent, reduce, or terminate exhausting labor and physical damage. It is now dedicated to the production of the most trivial conveniences and comfort. B. F. Skinner
technology artist stories
There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem. Billy Corgan
technology use facts
It is only by the rational use of technology; to control and guide what technology is doing; that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desirable than our own: or in fact of a social life which is not appalling to imagine. Carrie Snow
technology tools use
In the 21st century, you have to use technology as one of the tools in the toolkit to bring about social change. Beth Simone Noveck
friendly limit mutual relationship states understanding united
Our friendly relationship of mutual understanding with the United States will go on, ... One should not limit it to a motion. Abdullah Gul
friendly recycling trash
That's really eco-friendly of you," Vee told Marcie. "Recycling Nora's old trash. Becca Fitzpatrick
friendly taxpayer
We need someone who is taxpayer friendly and not just friendly. Bob Johnson
friendly facts evidence
The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true. Carl Rogers
friendly goes good greeting somebody
I think there is a lot to be said about first impressions, so making yourself look good and having a friendly greeting with somebody goes a long way. Tom Jaffee
friendly opening
I think Engelhard is opening up to a friendly transaction. Silke Stegemann
friendly ideas man natural quits relationship sex wise wives
It is only natural that a man should have established friendly relationship with the wives of his friends, but if he is wise he quits all ideas of sex out of the question. George Bernard Shaw
friendly golf seems strengths totally type
I think I've become friendly with the golf course. I think with the rain, it totally softened the greens. And it seems like I play well when I can be more aggressive. ... It's kind of a ball-striking type of golf course, which I say is one of my strengths as well. Annika Sorenstam
friendly good grief teacher
Grief is a friendly reminder, a good task-master; even a better teacher than joy. Atharva Veda