Michael Shermer There are checks and balances in science. There’s somebody checking the people doing the science, and then there’s somebody who checks the checkers and somebody who checks the checker’s checkers. – Michael Shermer Balances Quotes Checkers Quotes Checking Quotes Checks Quotes People Quotes Science Quotes Scientists are skeptics. It’s unfortunate that the word ‘skeptic’ has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really, in its pure and original meaning, it’s just thoughtful inquiry. Tenure in any department is serious business, because it means, essentially, employment for life.
Ashleigh Barty There has to be a very good balance between being aggressive and then being able to defend as well. – Ashleigh Barty
George McGovern I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it. – George McGovern
Bjarke Ingels You can say, like, planet Earth has an existing geology, and what we do as human beings and as architects is that we try to sort of alter and modify and expand the geology. – Bjarke Ingels
ArchitectureKenneth Clark Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process. – Kenneth Clark
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