"All scientific progress requires a climate of strong skepticism."

-- Jerry A. Coyne

#Strong Quotes #Progress Quotes #Climate Quotes

“Information is recorded in vast interconnecting networks. Each idea or image has hundreds, perhaps thousands, of associations and is connected to numerous other points in the mental network.”

Source : Peter Russell (2013). “The Brain Book: Know Your Own Mind and How to Use it”, p.105, Routledge
“Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation.”

Source : Acceptance speech for the Charles S. Johnson Award at Fisk University, 1966.
“Charity is not a virtue to expect in others only. It is the all-important Christian attribute to be found in ourselves. . . . We believe that charity must begin at home. Can we hope to be charitable to the stranger if love does not abound in the family? A sure step in the direction of improvement and progress in our own lives comes when we share with mother or father in their dependence as they shared with us in their productive years.... We cannot as children ignore our obligations to our parents by passing responsibility for their care to others. . . .”
“Nothing happens without focus. Don't try to do everything at once. Take it one step at a time.”
“I didn't get the charm gene.”
“People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say thats completely opposite of the truth.”
“Sports and politics don't mix.”
“Obviously you can look at things however you choose to and I'm not proud of some people in sports, but I don't really look at it as my calling to be out there setting an example. I just try to treat people the way the I want to be treated - with respect and some dignity.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com

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