"Lots of people think, well, we're humans; we're the most intelligent and accomplished species; we're in charge. Bacteria may have a different outlook: more bacteria live and work in one linear centimeter of your lower colon than all the humans who have ever lived. That's what's going on in your digestive tract right now. Are we in charge, or are we simply hosts for bacteria? It all depends on your outlook."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Intelligent Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I was a smart kid, but I hated school.”
“Maddy: "Um.....William?" she said, driving up the narrow dirt road. "Is there a particular reason you keep a sword behind your backseat?" William: "Because I don't own a gun yet”
“About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments.”
“So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.”
“Science is the one human activity that is totally progressive.”

Source : "The Realm of the Nebulae". Book by Edwin Powell Hubble, 1936.
“Government is instituted for those who live under it.”
“Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.”
“It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful”

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