Seth Shostak Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness testimony is the worst kind of evidence in science. – Seth Shostak Brain Quotes Evidence Quotes Filtered Quotes Imperfect Quotes Mom Quotes Science Quotes Testimony Quotes Told Quotes Visual Quotes Witness Quotes Worst Quotes Diminutive worlds are more likely to be rocky, and lapped by oceans and atmospheres. In the vernacular of ‘Star Trek,’ these would be M-class planets: life-friendly oases where biology could begin and bumpy-faced Klingons might exist. It’s hardly a secret that I’m skeptical of declarations that the aliens are out and about on our planet. Still, I try to answer every one of these mails and phone calls because, after all, it’s not a violation of physics to travel from one star system to another.
Bert Kreischer No matter how successful I may get, I’ll always be a failed musician, sitting at a concert double-fisting overpriced twenty-ounce beers, wishing it was me on stage brooding soulfully to my fans. I had my shot once, but I let it slip through my fingers. – Bert Kreischer
Leslie Mann I tried to kickbox once right after I had my first baby, and I was so miserable; it was so hard. And I went home, and I passed out for three hours because it’s so hard. – Leslie Mann
Carrie Fisher She’s an immensely powerful woman, and I just admire my mother very much. – Carrie Fisher
Louisa May Alcott Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it. – Louisa May Alcott
MarriageMitt Romney Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians. – Mitt Romney
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