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knowledge last men merely passions
Passions make men live, knowledge merely makes them last Chamfort
knowledge people
People have been writing us off, people who don't have the knowledge or expertise.
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Our whole knowledge of the world hangs on this very slender thread: the re-gu-la-ri-ty of our experiences Luigi Pirandello
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Players have a lot of knowledge. It would be silly of me to say if they suggest something that I wouldn't look at it. Maurice Cheeks
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A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself. Bernard Beckett
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Pure mathematics consists entirely of assertions to the effect that, if such and such a proposition is true of anything, then suchand such another proposition is true of that thing.... Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. Bertrand Russell
knowledge inference knows
Whatever we know without inference is mental.
knowledge historical elements
History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation and condition of all the rest. That all knowledge, as such, is in some degree good, would appear to be at least probable; and the knowledge of every historical fact possesses this element of goodness, even if it posses no other.
knowledge science perception
All that passes for knowledge can be arranged in a hierarchy of degrees of certainty, with arithmetic and the facts of perception at the top.
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.
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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
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Recently, New York's air traffic controllers have become increasingly worried about the FAA's unwillingness to install the most modern and effective ground radar equipment.
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Our other option was to travel to Khartoum by air and connect to Asmara by road. But that option is too expensive for us.
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Organizational improvisation ... Research on jazz musicians shows that people don't just pull stuff out of the air when they're improvising. These are people with an extremely wide knowledge of musical genres. They have always practiced and practiced and practiced. Similarly, improvising involves a deep understanding of the resources you have at hand in your community.
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Part of the run-up in oil prices was a reflection that there was a lot of monetary stimulus in the market. Taking some of that out of the market could take the air out of oil prices.
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Passing through Berlin we were right in the middle of an air raid. Bombs were exploding all around us. John Butler
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Passengers on low-cost airlines have a common complaint that they are not given meal or accommodation in case of delays.
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Passengers are the foundation of air travel and, in a competitive market, the airlines will continue meeting passengers' demands for more direct nonstop flights to destinations around the world with longer-range, efficient and comfortable airplanes. This requirement will be met by airplanes in the 200-to-400-seat capacity category, with relatively few very-large aircraft being needed.
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Passengers are now free to bring weapons back on board aircraft in the form of scissors.
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Part of their problem is so much of the airport is under construction, they don't want to build a gate only to have to tear it down later. We are trying to work with them on a solution. Richard Thomas