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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
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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'. 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
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science Carl Sagan
superstitions different submission
Piety is different from superstition. To carry piety to the extent of superstition is to destroy it. The heretics reproach us with this superstitious submission. It is doing what they reproach us with. Blaise Pascal
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One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none. Celia Green
superstitions materialism
Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism. Baha'u'llah
superstitions
Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear. Baruch Spinoza
superstitions worst tolerable
The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable. Doris Lessing
superstitions belief anarchist
Christ...an anarchist who succeeded. That's all. Andre Malraux
superstitions looks belief
I darted a contemptuous look at the stately models of superstition. Edward Gibbon
superstitions way bluffs
Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being. Carl Sagan
superstitions tribes primitive
Like it or not, we're still a primitive tribe ruled by fears, superstition and misinformation. Bill Maher
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Our report identifies for the first time the severe, and previously hidden global toll of birth defects. This is a serious, vastly unappreciated and under-funded public health problem. Jennifer Howse
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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw
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Our practice is currently not delivering in the birth center because there are no nurses. Julie Gold
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Our study showed that women who worked with organic solvents throughout pregnancy or in a large part of their pregnancy, have more chance of having kids with malformations and with complications around the time of birth when compared with women not working with chemicals. Gideon Koren
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Our birth rates nationally peak in late summer and early fall. People spend a lot more time indoors in winter, especially in the north, because it's cold outside. The statistics don't lie. Carl Haub
birth death
Our birth is nothing but our death begun. Edward Young
birthday count grateful
PLeas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind, And count each birthday with a grateful mind. Alexander Pope
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Plant the seeds of Love in your hearts. Let them grow into trees of Service and shower the sweet fruit of Ananda. Share the Ananda with all. That is the proper way to celebrate the Birthday. Sathya Baba
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Reducing teen pregnancy and birth is one of the most effective ways of reducing child poverty in the country. Jordan Brown