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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
ideas people together
I loved Jay Thomas as Eddie LeBec. But there was a point where they [thought] maybe we would live together, and I didn't like the idea of Carla being with somebody because that would make you feel like [you're] not part of the people in the bar. Bebe Neuwirth
ideas way locked-up
Are you keeping anything else from me?” “I’m keeping a lot of things from you.” “Like?” “Like the way I feel about being locked up in here with you. You have no idea what you do to me. Becca Fitzpatrick
ideas democracy left
We say in a democracy that good ideas will drive out bad ones, so if the good ones aren't there, we're left with the bad ones Barry McCaffrey
ideas self endurance
For the spread and endurance of an idea the originator is dependent on the self-development of the receivers and transmitters. B. H. Liddell Hart
ideas outside plans
We need plans and ideas from outside this committee. Larry Martin
ideas people attention
People always seemed to pay attention to us. I have no idea why -- there was just a presence between the four people or something. Billy Corgan
ideas giving world
My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world. I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in. Bill Shankly
ideas people wish
When we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate. Bill Crawford
ideas easy individual
It is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas. Bhagat Singh
argument bites
Our argument is you don't get two bites of the apple, ... It was already appealed, and the prosecution was upheld. And, to me, that's the end of the story. Tom Morrison
argument buy consumers copy industry license listen music piece
Our argument is that when you buy a CD, you buy a license to listen to the music, not a piece of plastic, ... The music industry argues that consumers don't have a right to copy that piece of plastic. Michael Robertson
argument food people seeing theaters
Our argument is that people want to go to the movie theaters because they want to go to the movie theater. It's not about seeing it just because it's not at home. I have food at home, too, but I still go to restaurants. Todd Wagner
argument fathers
Our argument is that fathers should have the same right, Martha Davis
argument asset cannot county danger detective informed news public reporter talks time
Our argument is an informed public is the most important asset the county has. The public cannot be informed if every time someone talks to a news reporter there is a danger that some county detective is going to find out who they are and what they said. Ralph Kates
argument decision honest informed land lay makers
Our argument is all about getting an honest lay of the land so the decision makers can make the most informed decision. Jeff Mikulina
argument entire space within
Our argument is about our entire ideal, not just about the space within MedOne, Catherine Kelly
argument cable healthy network operation operations sports
Our cable operation is very healthy, as is ESPN, ... The network operations are on a different model. You can make an argument there are only two healthy network sports operations. Ed Goren
argument authority primates
One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.' Carl Sagan