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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
causes disputes key orders
Orders were one of the key causes of the disputes and the problems. Greg Kutz
causes commerce gasoline hovering prices problem serious
Our gasoline prices are hovering at $3 a gallon, and that causes a serious problem for a lot of our commerce and a lot of our families. John Olver
causes eating exercise health heart kinds needs obesity properly risk
Risk of not eating properly causes obesity and heart attacks. It can give you all kinds of health problems. Everyone needs to exercise and eat nutritional food. Sarah McCabe
causes disease either emphasis miss physicians placing signs underlying warning
Placing too much emphasis on a yes/no diagnosis, meaning you either have a disease or you don't, can lead even the most well-meaning physicians to miss underlying causes and early warning signs of illness. Mark Hyman
causes common confusing management results special
Management by results is confusing special causes with common causes. Edwards Deming
causes serious evolution
Thus the recent rapid evolution of human intelligence is not only the cause of but also the only conceivable solution to the many serious problems that beset us. Carl Sagan
causes surreal hard
It's really hard when a celebrity dies out of nowhere, 'cause it's very shocking... surreal. Ashley Tisdale
causes event faith lack sudden system
It isn't the event but the sudden lack of faith in the system that it causes. Stephen Flynn
causes deaths far gates global ignored leaders millions needless welcome
I welcome the Gates Foundation's announcement today. For far too long, world leaders have ignored the global tuberculosis epidemic, even as it causes millions of needless deaths each year. Gordon Brown
razors someday walks
Beauty walks a razors edge, someday I'll make it mine. Bob Dylan
razors madness incredibles
Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness... Brad Thor
razors tools program
C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess. Brian Kernighan
razors danger blades
A good picture, any picture, has to be bristling with razor blades. Pablo Picasso
razors satire should
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. Mary Wortley Montagu
razors anything-can-happen happens
Anything can happen with a razor. Laura Kightlinger
razors knows disposable
You know what I like about disposable razors? They're disposable. Kyan Douglas
razors march tyson
March 16th, Mike Tyson [vs.] Razor Ruddock, Razor Ruddock dies. If he doesn't die, it doesn't count. If he's not dead, it doesn't count. Mike Tyson
razors blades
Why don't you swallow razor blades? Lou Reed