"I once got a call from a bank, asking me to compute a mortgage, since their computers were down. This was a very depressing moment."

-- Richard A. Falk

#Depressing Quotes #Science Quotes #Asking Quotes

“From the happy-go-lucky days of oil exploration and drilling, when a lot of easy sources were being found and easily managed, we're gotten ourselves into this sort of apocalyptic time. We're willing to destroy almost everything, risk almost anything, and go ahead with techniques for which we have no way of responding to the known problems.”

Source : "Deepwater Horizon, One Year Later: A Conversation With Carl Safina". Interview with Douglas Gorney, www.theatlantic.com. April 20, 2011.
“Science is the key to our future, and if you donâ€™t believe in science, then youâ€™re holding everybody back. And itâ€™s fine if you as an adult want to run around pretending or claiming that you donâ€™t believe in evolution, but if we educate a generation of people who donâ€™t believe in science, thatâ€™s a recipe for disaster. We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology is evolution. To not teach it to our young people is wrong.”

Source : "NBC Cheers 'Firebrand for Science' Bill Nye Pushing Climate Change". www.newsbusters.org. July 22, 2013.
“The only thing you want is to come back alive.”

Source : "Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner fell at 843.6 mph: Mach 1.25". www.foxnews.com. February 04, 2013.
“Mrs. [Indira] Gandhi can rightly boast of having won a war, but if she won it, she should first of all thank Yahya Khan and his gang of illiterate psychopaths.”

Source : Source: dhakadigest.net
“Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed.”
“Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?”
“Life is a celebrationâ€¦ I try to enjoy it as much as possible.”
“An undertaking beset with danger.”

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