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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
abuse aware bush coalition europe felt iraqi ireland people president prisoners
President Bush is very much aware of the abhorrence that the people of Ireland and of Europe felt at the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by coalition forces, Bertie Ahern
abuse cant hand losing nor people point swagger trying
Swagger is not something you can buy, nor is it something that you can try, and if you don't have it at all, there is no point in trying to lie; everyone can tell. Swag is something that only a Swag Sensei can sell; now most of us hand it out for free, but we just cant hand it out to everyone, because some people don't know how to use it, and will abuse it, and still end up losing it. Raheem Askia
abuse assist break cycle goal parents starts stop
Our goal is to stop abuse before it starts and break the cycle of abuse. We want to assist new parents so they don't become part of the system. Flora Jackson
abuse auto behind cases costs driver due higher insurance medical outright pressure prices principle rising share
Rising medical costs are the principle driver behind higher auto insurance prices in the U.S. and a significant share of that pressure is due to abuse and in some cases outright fraud. Robert Hartwig
abuse counts gotten guys money pitch protect
Pitch counts have gotten into everybody's brain. Guys make so much money now. You want to protect your investment. You don't want to abuse your pitchers. Ned Yost
abuse community council held identified informed problem substance town war
Pima Town Council identified substance abuse as a problem in its community and declared a war on drugs. We held meet-your-neighbor nights, educational nights, and we got the community informed and communicating about the issue. Kathy Grimes
abuse would-be world
We can conceive of a world in which God corrected the results of abuse of free will by His creatures: so that a wooden beam became soft as grass when used as a weapon... But such a world would be one in which wrong actions were impossible, and therefore, freedom of the will would be void. C. S. Lewis
abuse allowed although freedom money morals order paradox private public society
It is a paradox of the acquisitive society in which we now live that although private morals are regulated by law, the entrepreneur is allowed considerable freedom to use - and abuse - the public in order to make money. Gore Vidal
abuse biggest executive problem
The abuse of executive sessions is the biggest problem we have with the law. Bill Rogers
way firsts spontaneous
One of the things that's great about doing a show over and over again... is that you have to find ways to make it spontaneous, as though everything is happening for the first time... to continue to mine the material and find new things. Bebe Neuwirth
way steps purpose
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose. Beck
way saws let-me
I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way no one else did. I wanted you, all of you. Becca Fitzpatrick
way kind perfectionism
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. Billy Corgan
way helping socialism
Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics. Bill Shankly
way satan mets
If you haven't met Satan recently, you are probably going his way! C. S. Lewis
way philanthropy plus
Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better. Cecil Rhodes
way want knows
Life has a way of getting what it wants when it really knows what it wants. Cecelia Ahern
way introversion sociability
My extroversion is a way of managing my introversion. Carrie Fisher