Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Sagan

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

I find science so much more fascinating than science fiction. It also has the advantage of being true.

Carl Sagan

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

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

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 is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge. It's just the best we have.

Carl Sagan

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 is a way to not fool ourselves.

Carl Sagan

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science

Mark Bruener

(Steelers owner) Mr. (Dan) Rooney is one of the kindest, most genuine people I've ever met, ... He's so unassuming. He's a role model for a lot of people.

Bob Cornick

Our goal is to make running genuine Zebra RFID supplies on Zebra printer/encoders the 'smartest' smart media solution for our customers, so they get the cost-effective results they need.

Ken Lay

Jeff was very genuine about his problem. In my 10 to 15 years with Jeff, he'd always been a straight-shooter with me.

Jerry Falwell

I think he is genuinely a state's righter -- and so am I.

John Lloyd

Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I do.

Bob Miller

This was a genuine success. It was a marvelous event.

Steve McMahon

I can't remember, it was that long ago, ... But I've got a lot of respect for Richard. I know him and he's a genuine guy and a good coach.

Michael Greene

Jon was a joy to work with last year and demonstrated a real passion for the music and genuine understanding of his job as host.

Morgan Ensberg

Because they know it's genuine, ... If it was something that looked like it was staged or premeditated, it wouldn't be anything. It's genuine when it happens.