"Three-fourths of the universe is hydrogen, and oxygen……" — Seth Shostak
"Three-fourths of the universe is hydrogen, and oxygen is incredibly abundant, too. So H2O is something you can find nearly everywhere."
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67 Quotes by Seth Shostak
Seth Shostak has 67 quotes on this site.
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There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really…
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There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ...…
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The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.
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[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming…
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The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even…
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In the 19th century, if you had a basement lab, you could make major scientific discoveries in your own home.…
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The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance…
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Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200…
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The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born…
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A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in our solar system: Mars.…
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Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told…
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Give consideration to the fact that alien astronomers could have scrutinized Earth for more than 4 billion years without detecting…
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The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will…
— William J. H. Boetcker
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Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
— William Arthur Ward
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The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training…
— William James
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One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.
— Sun Tzu
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Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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God gives us abundant material blessing so that we can give it away, and give it generously.
— Randy Alcorn
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The good life is using your signature strengths every day to produce authentic happiness and abundant gratification.
— Martin Seligman
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In the past our glorious visions of the future - heaven, paradise, nirvana - were thought to happen after death.…
— Barbara Marx Hubbard
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the…
— Thomas Aquinas
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It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the…
— Joseph Story
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We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the…
— George Washington
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