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- From the freedom to explore comes the joy of learning. From knowledge acquired by personal initiative arises the desire for more knowledge. And from mastery…
- In fact, nothing in science as a whole has been more firmly established by interwoven factual information, or more illuminating than the universal occurrence of…
- The great paradox of determinism and free will, which has held the attention of the wisest of philosophers and psychologists for generations, can be phrased…
- Humanity, in the desperate attempt to fit 8 billion or more people on the planet and give them a higher standard of living, is at…
- Mating Strategy is influenced by the cardinal fact that women have more at stake in sexual activity than men, because of the limited age span…
- If insemination were the sole biological function of sex, it could be achieved far more economically in a few seconds of mounting and insertion. Indeed,…
- In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity — and the more difficult the problem, the greater will be the importance…
- The price of these failures has been a loss of moral consensus, a greater sense of helplessness about the human condition. ... The intellectual solution…
- There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.
- Far more important throughout the rest of science is the ability to form concepts, during which the researcher conjures images and processes by intuition.
- We should not knowingly allow any species or race to go extinct. And let us go beyond mere salvage to begin the restoration of natural…
- You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the…
- It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion…
- So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me…
- Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world…
- I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of…
- Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more…
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- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
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- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle