"Many people and governments share the mistaken belief that science, with new, ingenious devices and techniques, can rescue us from the troubles we face without our having to mend our ways and change our patterns of activity. This is not so."

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Source : Henry W. Kendall (2013). “A Distant Light: Scientists and Public Policy”, p.233, Springer

Henry W. Kendall

#Government Quotes #People Quotes #Patterns Quotes

“Technology is nothing but an expression of human values. It's not neutral, it's not about efficiency, it's about people's values and their knowledge.”
“When you ask about "mission" it is easy to reference a "mission statement" which, in my case, is the quest, however Quixotic, at times, to sensitize everyone I am in contact with to the miracle of life on Earth, and our sacred responsibilities to preserve, protect and revere biodiversity, at every possible juncture of our days and nights. We have very little time.”
“I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.”
“Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.”
“I can go into restaurants and a whole table will get up and clap if they recognize me, because they love Fox News. Other places - or even the same place - people will turn the other way.”
“I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?”
“Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.”
“I still get laughed at but it doesn't bother me, I'm just so glad to hear laughter around me.”

Source : Amanda Palmer (2015). “The Art of Asking: Wie ich aufhörte, mir Sorgen zu machen, und lernte, mir helfen zu lassen”, p.126, BASTEI LÜBBE

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