"Mix salt and sand, and it shall puzzle the wisest of men, with his mere natural appliances, to separate all the grains of sand from all the grains of salt; but a shower of rain will effect the same object in ten minutes."

-- Thomas Huxley

#Nature Quotes #Rain Quotes #Science Quotes

“I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones lady at the university, and that was me.”

Source : "This much I know" by Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2008.
“When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.”
“We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history.”
“They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.”
“The many magazines, ranging from pulp to slick, that used to serve as both farm teams for writers and lures to readers, with hundreds of short stories every month, don't exist. Most of the doors for new people have been sealed.”
“Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.”
“I never want to be a showoff or attention getter or something that, truthfully, is kind of repulsive to me, but I get uncomfortable.”
“Some claim that computers will, by 2050, achieve human capabilities. Of course, in some respects they already have.”

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