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Science always uses metaphor.


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I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.



NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station.

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station.



Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia.

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia.



There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.



The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books - mine included - because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened.

The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books - mine included - because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened.



Let's make hay while it lasts.

Let's make hay while it lasts.



Perhaps the single most important thing that we can do to undo the harm we have done is to fix firmly in our minds the thought: the earth is alive.

Perhaps the single most important thing that we can do to undo the harm we have done is to fix firmly in our minds the thought: the earth is alive.



Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.



I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.



The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.





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Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.



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Did you ever notice that everyone in favour of birth control has already been born ?



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You can only possess what you experience. Truth to be understood must be lived.



My grandmother was from Guelph, Ont. I grew up playing ice hockey, I'm a massive fan. A great-uncle who was in the early days of the NHL played for the Chicago Blackhawks.

My grandmother was from Guelph, Ont. I grew up playing ice hockey, I'm a massive fan. A great-uncle who was in the early days of the NHL played for the Chicago Blackhawks.



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Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever.



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Maybe, if we just accepted our deaths, we might finally start to live.



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No, I'm not at all adventurous. I'm terribly cowardly.



Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.

Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.



Gehrig was not like the common folk; Created, was he, like the strongest oak.

Gehrig was not like the common folk; Created, was he, like the strongest oak.




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