"A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being?"

-- Carl Sagan

#Miracle Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Mars Quotes

“my advice to every student who is trying to make a decision for the years immediately after graduation: take the opportunity that in your mind is the most rewarding, that you are most passionate about and that you find most interesting and save the rest of your life for being risk averse. Whatever you want to do, this is the time to pursue it. Twenty years from now, your freedom to take risks will be limited.”

Source : Interview with Harvard Investment Magazine, Winter 2005.
“After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach.”
“I will not dance to your war drum!”
“Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore?”
“No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.”
“...there are special sciences not because of the nature of our epistemic relation to the world, but because of the way the world is put together: not all natural kinds (not all the classes of things and events about which there are important, counterfactual supporting generalizations to make) are, or correspond to, physical natural kinds.”
“However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature.”
“Bigotry doesn't care about state or regional lines. It's all over the place. But fortunately there are also really excellent human beings all over the place, too. So it's about perception and balance sometimes I think.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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