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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
names running
Other than the running back, a lot of those are just names on a paper. Dirk Koetter
names giving peppers
Stop crying. You're giving archangels everywhere a bad name." Patch to Pepper Becca Fitzpatrick
names needs opinion
..."Good, because I need your help." "Help is my middle name." I was pretty sure she'd already told me bad was her middle name, but I kept my opinion to myself. Becca Fitzpatrick
names people world
I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people. And there are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them. Azzedine Alaia
names ideas justice
Justice has always evoked ideas of Equality, of proportion of compensation. In short, Justice is another name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. B. R. Ambedkar
names humanity would-be
The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy. B. R. Ambedkar
names appreciate people
The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don't know how much I appreciate it. B. B. King
names odds want
Anytime someone calls you and identifies themselves with their full name, odds are it isn't someone you want to talk to under any circumstances. Bill Simmons
names glad knows
What's your name again? That's right. I'm so glad you know your name. Bill Cosby
empty problem
Our problem is too many empty gates, not a congestion problem. Sara Barwinski
empty family group importance incredible member money people pet shell takes willing
I think there's always going to be a group of people who are willing to do that, especially as you get more empty nesters. In those households, the pet takes on incredible importance as a member of the family and people are willing to shell out incredible amounts of money to keep them healthy. Debbie Wang
empty house kids ready types
I think there are going to be a lot of empty nester types who don't want their 5,000-square-foot house anymore, don't have their kids in the house and are ready to travel. Jeff Dungan
empty ran realized saying talking thinking thoughts
I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs -- when I was 17 -- that I realized I was talking through an empty skull, ... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts. Allen Ginsberg
empty flying good hard home prove sacrifice smoke team work
I think we are going to come out flying and smoke them and prove to everyone how good our team actually is. We didn't sacrifice this much and work so hard to come home empty handed. Sarah Parsons
empty feels opportunity wasted
It feels empty because it was an opportunity wasted for us. John Jay
empty names
There are so many names that will be shouted today. It is so empty where someone is missing. Goeran Persson
empty leading thinks threats worse
Empty threats are often worse than saying nothing at all. It's like leading from behind. Eventually, no one thinks you're leading at all. And after a while, no one is even listening. Kathleen Troia McFarland
empty
If I said yes, it would be an empty promise. Tom Watson