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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
vastness preference determine
But our preferences do not determine what's true. Carl Sagan
vastness consciousness creatures
It's hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness. Carl Sagan
vastness messages small-creatures
She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Carl Sagan
vastness species
We are one species. We are starstuff. Carl Sagan
vastness becoming christianity
Over time, I started becoming more and more aware of the vastness and complexity of the universe, which led me away from any sort of conventional Christianity. Moby
vastness facts spirit
There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness. Emily Carr
maybe says time
Part of me says maybe it's time for a change. Jim Haslett
maybe means ten
Statistically it's probably one out of a hundred, so that means there's ten out there. Maybe twenty. Guy Kawasaki
maybe overall proved pushed
Overall, I think I proved I should be the No. 1 pick. I thought I maybe could have pushed a 4.29 out of there, but overall I'm pretty happy. Reggie Bush
maybe meaningful mountain point research rewarding ride science sit willing withhold worth
(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it. Matthew Gervais
maybe nursery planning soon
Planning the nursery comes soon enough, maybe at the same time. Don't do both. Marilyn Oliveira
maybe quickness size star team
Maybe our team was a little star struck. But the turnovers had more to do with the size differential and the quickness differential. Nancy Wilson
maybe third
Maybe on third down, that's where we need to be looking. He always delivers. Charlie Whitehurst
maybe practice quite
Maybe one practice day wasn't quite what we wanted, Frank Beamer
maybe meaningful moving overboard people reaction thoughtful toward
Maybe it's a reaction to going overboard in the 1980s and 1990s, but I sense a lot of people are moving away from materialistic things (and) toward more thoughtful and meaningful holidays. Sheryl Garrett