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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
supposing-that mountain trying
The Beauty of the Mountain is hidden for all those who try to discover it from the top, supposing that, one way or an other, one can reach this place directly. The Beauty of the Mountain reveals only to those who climbed it... Antoine de Saint-Exupery
supposing-that giving acting
Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements. D. W. Griffith
supposing-that tree piglet
Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this. A. A. Milne
supposing-that errors consumption
There can be no greater error then in supposing that capital is increased by non-consumption. David Ricardo
supposing-that truth-is supposing
Supposing truth is a woman -- what then? Friedrich Nietzsche
supposing-that interesting reason
There is no a prior reason for supposing that the truth, when it is discovered, will necessarily prove interesting. Isaiah Berlin
supposing-that guessing goes-on
Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out. Mark Twain
supposing-that experience findings
Supposing is good, but finding out is better. Mark Twain
supposing-that strings beans
Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal. Gertrude Stein
lights morning somebody until
Our lights are probably on until 3 in the morning because there is always somebody here doing something. Adam Howard
light people proverbs room
Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave. Yiddish Proverbs
lighter mobile perfect smaller
Our XD80U is smaller and lighter than most laptops, making it perfect for the mobile presenter. Frank Anzures
light robert shining
Robert was a shining light in a day of unrelenting gloom. Grant Wilson
light ready today workout yesterday
Physically, having yesterday completely off was huge. We had a light workout today and we're ready to go. Dan Wheeler
lights maybe played realizing
Maybe I'll take a little consolation in realizing that ? even if I'd played lights out too, she was just going to one-up me all the time. Colleen Jones
light order feelings
In order to cure a feeling of malaise, you have to throw light on it. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
light records different
Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare. Beck
light imagination way
Light had a way of keeping the monsters of my imagination at bay. Becca Fitzpatrick