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- The great tragedy is that they're removing art completely, not because they're putting more science in, but because they can't afford the art teachers or…
- In whatever you choose to do, do it because it's hard, not because it's easy. Math and physics and astrophysics are hard. For every hard…
- If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
- Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought before and expressing it somehow.It could be…
- Like no other science, astrophysics cross-pollinate s the expertise of chemists, biologists, geologists and physicists, all to discover the past, present, and future of the…
- Now imagine a world in which everyone, but especially people with power and influence, holds an expanded view of our place in the cosmos. With…
- The press still thinks [global warming] is controversial. So they find the 1% of the scientists and put them up as if they're 50% of…
- Newton, Einstein, and every other great scientist in history...They all made mistakes. Of course they did. They're human! Science is a way to keep from…
- A common way to compute density is, of course, to take the ratio of an object's mass to its volume. But other types of densities…
- Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body...are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass stars that exploded…
- Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales…
- We are all connected to each other biologically, to the earth chemically and to the rest of the universe atomically. That's kinda cool! That makes…
- The universe has really never made things in ones. The Earth is special and everything else is different? No, we've got seven other planets. The…
- Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature,…
- Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals…
- Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.
- I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal,…
- All Plutophiles are based in America. If you go to other countries, they have much less of an attachment to either the existence or preservation…
- We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
- The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of…
- Some molecules - ammonia, carbon dioxide, water - show up everywhere in the universe, whether life is present or not. But others pop up especially…
- Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’…
- [A]s they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion....Although just as in hostage negotiations, it's probably best to keep both…
- The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote checks…
- If the United States commits to the goal of reaching Mars, it will almost certainly do so in reaction to the progress of other nations…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour