"Essentially all civilizations that rose to the level of possessing an urban culture had need for two forms of science-related technology, namely, mathematics for land measurements and commerce and astronomy for time-keeping in agriculture and aspects of religious rituals."

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Source : Frederick Seitz (2012). “The Science Matrix: The Journey, Travails, Triumphs”, p.8, Springer Science & Business Media

Frederick Seitz

#Religious Quotes #Technology Quotes #Land Quotes

“The small and simple things you choose to do today will be magnified into great and glorious blessings tomorrow.”
“Unnoticed, the passage has occurred; as I brood, autumn dusk dewdrops fall on my pillow. The voices of insects and the deer by the fence, as one, disturb me to tears this autumn dusk.”
“The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.”
“Identify you as messenger...to other Riders." The words were gasped as if he were forcing air in and out of his lungs by sheer will to extend his life. "Fly...Rider, with great speed. Don't read m-message. Then they can't tor-torture...it from you. If captured, shred it and toss it to the winds." Then, because his voice had grown so faint, she had to lean very close to hear his final words. "Beware the shadow man." A cold tremor ran through Karigan's body. "I'll do my best," she told him.”

Source : Kristen Britain (2008). “Green Rider: Book One of Green Rider”, p.20, Penguin
“Here you are, you're a liberal, probably define peace as the absence of conflict. I define peace as the ability to defend yourself and blow your enemies into smithereens.”

Source : "Hannity" on Fox News, October 13, 2009.
“I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.”
“Vision is a mental picture of what could be, fueled by a passion that it should be.”
“What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.”

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