"The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!"

-- Daniel Dennett

#Home Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Sea Quotes

“The pressures for human cloning are powerful; but, although it seems likely that somebody, at some time, will attempt it, we need not assume that it will ever become a common or significant feature of human life.”

Source : Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell, Colin Tudge (2001). “The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control”, p.298, Harvard University Press
“What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.”
“Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.”
“Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.”
“The fathers, if they got me alone, would try to kiss and fondle me. I hated it.”

Source : Christine Keeler, Douglas Thompson (2012). “Secrets and Lies: Now Profumo is Dead, I Can Finally Reveal the Truth About the Most Shocking Scandal in British Politic”, p.35, John Blake Publishing
“When everyone is part of the people's congress, what need is there for an opposition? Opposition to what? You oppose a government! If there is no government, and the people govern themselves on their own, what are they going to oppose? Something that isn't there?”
“My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.”

Source : "Nobel-winning biologist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at 103" by Frances D'Emilio, www.nbcnews.com. December 30, 2012.
“Our technology forces us to live mythically”

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