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Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the

Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works. – Lewis Thomas

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Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of ones own genes in the generations to follow. – Lewis Thomas

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A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the suns position, argue about the best location for the next swarm. Bees do a lot of close observing of other bees maybe they know what follows stinging and do it anyway. – Lewis Thomas

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The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. – Lewis Thomas

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Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. – Arthur C. Clarke

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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel. – E. B. White

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Weve heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students. – Patrick Stewart

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Theres a science to ordering potatoes. Are they skinny shoestring or big, fat steak fries? You just have to let your taste buds guide you when deciding what to eat. – Gayle King

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Civilization… wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere. – Richard Bach

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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. – Henry Van Dyke

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As you get older, youre always maturing, youre always learning something new about yourself. – Troy Vincent

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A hunter of shadows, himself a shade. – Homer

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