Logo
Quote by Ann Druyan
Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around

Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around the world for an end to the production of weapons of mass destruction. To him it was a perversion of science. – Ann Druyan

Other quotes by Ann Druyan

Ive been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. Ive been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science. – Ann Druyan

Category:
Technology
Author
Ann Druyan
Read Quote

My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. – Ann Druyan

Category:
Knowledge
Author
Ann Druyan
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Science
category

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. – Amy Lowell

Category:
Science

I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance. – Richard Dawkins

Category:
Science

With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts. – Kenneth L. Pike

Category:
Science

I think what a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance. – David Eagleman

Category:
Science

Random Quotes

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. – George Santayana

Category:
positive

If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure. – Lord Sandwich

Category:
Brevity

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width. – Bill Veeck, 1975

Category:
World Series

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. – Dave Barry

Category:
Religion