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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
animal dislike people reform seems spirits
Reform often seems only the dislike of the blase for the people with animal spirits Frank Colby
animals distract dogs giving including moving owners patience pets raising reasons simply study various wanting
Reasons for giving up the animals are various including moving home, not wanting the pets to distract the kids' study or simply because the dogs were too old or owners had no more patience for raising pets. Zhou Min
animal arriving belongs former instrument intelligence latter reason
Reason is man's instrument for arriving at the truth, intelligence is man's instrument for manipulating the world more successfully; the former is essentially human, the latter belongs to the animal part of man. Erich Fromm
animal care company goal moves rights toward
Our real goal here is that the shareholders care about animal rights and that the company moves toward that goal. Matt Prescott
animals focus main move
Our main focus is to move the long-term animals. We've had some of them a year. Cherie Owen
animal chances contract feeding known living people simply
People have been known to contract balis from simply feeding raccoons in their backyards. So obviously, your chances go way up if the animal is living with you. Todd Nims
animals knew nocturnal people
People knew that animals were nocturnal but they didn't really know what they did because they couldn't see it. David Attenborough
animals expect familiar love people plenty zoos
People love giraffes. There are plenty of zoos out there who want giraffes. People expect to see those kind of animals at the zoo. It's what they are familiar with. Phil Coleman
animal bad black care control hats instead officers people pets shows taking white
People look at animal control officers as being big bad people. To me this shows them taking care of what people should be taking care of with their pets - spaying and neutering that is. It shows they have white hats instead of black hats. Deborah Franklin
mph pedal
He was just a toothache, ... He's got one speed, pedal to the medal. He's 90 mph all the time. Joe Glenn
mph wind
If there wouldn't have been a 40 mph wind at your back, that doesn't go in. Pat Fuelner
mph surprise bigger
There's no bigger surprise than to be tooling along at 200 MPH and suddenly get hit from the rear Darrell Waltrip
mph
We were going 5 mph up a mountain. Ross Rasmussen
mph power serves speed
With the speed and power of Monday's game, and with 150 mph serves and 100 mph backhands, we need an officiating aid. Arlen Kantarian
mph
This is a big deal. It can get 55 to 60 mph easily. Alex Fowler
mph types
I've been driving race cars professionally for a while: 200 mph types of things. Antonio Sabato, Jr.
mph fuel realizing
Many hybrid owners realize how sharply fuel efficiency goes down over 55 mph because they get instant mileage feedback. Felix Kramer
mph suits pavement
When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped. Evel Knievel