Michael Dickinson If you watch a fly on, say, a coffee table, you’ll see that they’re rubbing their little legs together to groom themselves; they’re actually quite clean creatures. – Michael Dickinson Clean Quotes Coffee Quotes Creatures Quotes Fly Quotes Groom Quotes Legs Quotes Rubbing Quotes Table Quotes Watch Quotes The fruit flies we work with have the equivalent of about a 25 by 25 pixel camera. But that camera is very, very fast, about 10 times faster than the human visual system. It is difficult, but intriguing, to imagine seeing the world as a fly might. First, flies don’t have nearly the same visual resolution that we do… so you have to imagine a fuzzier image. Second, fly eyes are faster than our own and are very sensitive to motion.
EducationWendy Kopp Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws make higher education – a virtual requirement for financial security – out of reach for more than one million undocumented students. – Wendy Kopp
Alan Stern When I started working with NASA in 1989 as part of a mission to send spacecraft to Pluto, I knew it would take at least 10-15 years to see results of my efforts. – Alan Stern
A E van Vogt I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way. – A E van Vogt
Adrian Younge I can’t do too much musical movement with a lot of MC’s, because they don’t know how to follow me. But with Souls of Mischief, I could go anywhere because they are musicians – they rap as musicians, and they play instruments and produce, so they get that. – Adrian Younge
Robinson Jeffers Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice. – Robinson Jeffers
Cindy Crawford I think the way kids learn most is not by what you say, but by what you do. – Cindy Crawford
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