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When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass… — Anton Chekhov
The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well. — Anton Chekhov
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss. — Noam Chomsky
Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be… — Deepak Chopra
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — Arthur C. Clarke
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. — Arthur C. Clarke
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. — Arthur C. Clarke
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. — Arthur C. Clarke
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he… — Arthur C. Clarke
I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. — Woody Allen
When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up-it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to… — Kirstie Alley
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? — Jean Cocteau
We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do,… — Paulo Coelho
Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have earned their adherents a well-deserved… — Eric Alterman
Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. — Sidney Altman
Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. — Henri Frederic Amiel
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Society lives by faith, and develops by science. — Henri Frederic Amiel
I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head.… — Gillian Anderson
Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read… — Kevin J. Anderson
I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.' — Michael P. Anderson
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice. — Thomas Aquinas

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