Seth Shostak It’s the default premise in science: If you observe something in nature only once, you assume that what you’ve seen is typical. That’s because ‘typical’ is just another way of saying ‘most probable.’ – Seth Shostak Assume Quotes Default Quotes Nature Quotes Observe Quotes Premise Quotes Probable Quotes Science Quotes Typical Quotes The mission of NASA’s Kepler telescope is to lift the scales from our eyes and reveal to us just how typical our home world is. Kepler operates by measuring the dimming of stars as planets pass (‘transit’) in front of them. It has found thousands of previously unknown worlds. We’ve accounted for 95 percent of all the stars in the Milky Way. The other 5 percent are big, bright stars – the kind that dominate the night sky, but are lamentably both rare and short-lived. If biology’s your thing, you can forget those guys.
Christian Nestell BoveeNatureSad Tears are nature’s lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. – Christian Nestell Bovee
Murda Beatz I grew up with my parents always listening to rock music. My dad wanted me to play guitar, but I always had more of an ear for drums. He really wanted me to be a guitar player, like him. – Murda Beatz
Bobbie Ann Mason I suppose the desire to go to town helped make me ambitious, and the allure of the worlds that came in over the radio also helped. But the rewards of growing up on a farm were far greater in many ways than life in town. – Bobbie Ann Mason
John Grogan Before moving to Pennsylvania in 1999, I played bass in a newsroom rock band in South Florida for several years. – John Grogan
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