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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
world way foxes
No one has tamed you and you haven't tamed anyone.Your'e the way my fox was. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I've made him my friend, and now he's the only fox in the world. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
world framework found
Peace dies when the framework is ripped apart. When there is no longer a place that is yours in the world. When you know no longer where your friend is to be found. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
world mystery tradition
God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift to bring to the world. Bede Griffiths
world generations cliche
My whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche...it's one of the reasons a lot of my generation are always on the fence about things. They're afraid to commit to anything for fear of seeming like a cliche. They're afraid to commit to their lives because they see so much of the world as a cliche. Beck
world my-favorite kenny
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite. B. B. King
world violence looks
The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background. B. F. Skinner
world too-much digital
One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much Bill Sienkiewicz
world physics constant
And within the world that you've created, the physics of that world have to remain constant; they can't be amorphous and changing. Bill Sienkiewicz
world states felt
For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States Bill Sienkiewicz
dynamics understand
. . . I think I do understand the dynamics Bill Bradley
dynamics playing selfish style
I think (the style of play) is working for us right now. The dynamics are there, we just have to keep from getting selfish and keep playing the right way. Scot Pollard
dynamics games good run standing struggling
I don't feel we're struggling to run the football. I think we've been in some games with different dynamics where you weren't comfortable standing there thinking, 'I'm going to run it between the tackles.' That probably wouldn't be a good thing to do if you're down 17 or 20 points. Brad Childress
dynamics heads home intense moms single women
Never before have we had so many women in combat. Historically these women are single moms and the heads of the household. As they come home those dynamics are going to be very intense to watch. Rick Church
dynamics inquiry reason simply situation sure top treasury understand
We're simply making an inquiry to make sure we're on top of the situation in the Treasury markets, ... The reason to do this is simply to make sure that we're on top of the situation, understand the dynamics of that market. John Snow
dynamics liked
I have always liked family-type dramas; I just think the dynamics in families make for some really interesting characters. Gina Bellman
dynamics movies popular reflects year
The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going on in the world every year through the movies. And a lot of times, what's popular at the movies is popular because of what's going on in the world at that moment. Bruce Vilanch
dynamics faces industry team wait whether
Expedia faces some very challenging industry dynamics right now, and we will have to wait and see whether the new team is up to the task, Mark Mahaney
dynamics
You can feel surfaces, you can feel textures, you can feel dynamics and momentum. Tom Anderson