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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
bored career classroom connection found grades high life
Some had high grades and were just bored out of their minds. They found no connection between the classroom and life and their career aspirations. John Bridgeland
boredom battle despair
Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom. B. F. Skinner
boredom firsts world
Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. Cecil Beaton
bored attention attention-span
I have no attention span. I get bored so fast. Carrie Underwood
bored moments boring
I mused for a few moments on the question of which was worse, to lead a life so boring that you are easily enchanted, or a life so full of stimulus that you are easily bored. Bill Bryson
bored tears actresses
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears. Bette Davis
bored drums playing
I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket. J. Tillman
bored mind needs tells
Janet tells me he's bored out of his mind. He needs something to do. Rick Tocchet
bored days die early everywhere interest later natural people
It is important we do not give this too much attention. Just as in the early days of the internet, porn was everywhere and later people got bored of it, interest in interest in this too will die a natural death. Manisha Koirala
quality
There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. Beck
quality century despise
Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves. Barry Lopez
quality whatever
We now know, he didn't have anything to do with the device. He didn't have anything to do with the attack. So what does that say about the quality of whatever the polygrapher was doing?. Robert Dunn
quality safe kind
Love will keep us safe when we commit to choosing the kind of qualities, characteristics, and relationships that we would recommend to someone we love. Bill Crawford
quality acting way
Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolesence. Carrie Fisher
quality clubs passports
When you represent a club it's about values and qualities, not about passports. Arsene Wenger
quality ran russians skating totally
I think they just ran out of steam. I think they have the same quality of skating that the Russians do, and that it's totally comparable, but they just made some mistakes. Igor Shpilband
quality
When I was coming up the DC Improv was considered the best Improv out there. It's always been high quality stuff coming out of there. Bill Burr
quality water
That would have been a water quality nightmare. David Waller