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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.
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.
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'.
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.
science perfect instruments
Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge. It's just the best we have.
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.
science way fool
Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
science technology science-physics
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science
lawyers looking
Our lawyers are looking at it. We'll see if anything can be done. Michael Schirp
lawrence ties
Some may have ties to Lawrence County, but most have not.
laws might parallel particle physical recipe region
Physical laws provide, at best, a recipe for how the world might be computed in parallel particle by particle and region by region. Rudy Rucker
law firsts constitution
If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it. B. R. Ambedkar
law eggshells denial
Denis Law could dance on eggshells. Bill Shankly
law keeping-promises kept-promises
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague. Bill Cosby
law politics above-the-law
Live like the Kennedy's, above the law. Big Pun
law suits court
Gettin' dressed up for court, that's a law suit Big Sean
law satanic satan
Bout to inhale like I'm finnin to see Satan. We're Satanic. It's the law.
numbers
Overall, my putative numbers will come down just slightly.
numbers season sure
I'm here, that's what I can say. I know for sure the numbers are going to come. You just have to wait, but I know at the end of the season the numbers are going to be there.
numbers goal priorities
So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors. Barry McCaffrey
numbers down-and rhyming
You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason. Barry McGuire
numbers balance world
If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers. B. F. Skinner
numbers america people
It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number. Bhumibol Adulyadej
numbers people firsts
The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection. C. S. Lewis
numbers america race
The Intelligentsia (scientists apart) are losing all touch with, and all influence over, nearly the whole human race. Our most esteemed poets and critics are read by our most esteemed critics and poets (who don't usually like them much) and nobody else takes any notice. An increasing number of highly literate people simply ignore what the 'Highbrows' are doing. It says nothing to them. The Highbrows in return ignore and insult them.
numbers mind age
Age is just a number, not a state of mind or a reason for any type of particular behaviour. Cecelia Ahern