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What a magnificent body how I should like to see

1. “What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.”

A man is capable of understanding everything – how the

2. “A man is capable of understanding everything – how the ether vibrates and what happens on the sun. But to understand how another man can blow his nose differently from the way he blows his own is something beyond his capability.”

If men are obsolete then women will soon be extinct

3. “If men are obsolete, then women will soon be extinct – unless we rush down that ominous Brave New World path where women clone themselves by parthenogenesis, as famously do Komodo dragons, hammerhead sharks, and pit vipers.”

Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt

4. “Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt.”

Science is a method of logical analysis of nature’s operations

5. “Science is a method of logical analysis of nature’s operations. It has lessened human anxiety about the cosmos by demonstrating the materiality of nature’s forces, and their frequent predictability.”

Modern bodybuilding is ritual religion sport art and science awash

6. “Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.”

Western science is a product of the Apollonian mind: its

7. “Western science is a product of the Apollonian mind: its hope is that by naming and classification, by the cold light of intellect, archaic night can be pushed back and defeated.”

Science has succeeded to poetry no less in the little

8. “Science has succeeded to poetry, no less in the little walks of children than with men. Is there no possibility of averting this sore evil?”

Can we ring the bells backward? Can we unlearn the

9. “Can we ring the bells backward? Can we unlearn the arts that pretend to civilize, and then burn the world? There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?”

In every thing that relates to science I am a

10. “In every thing that relates to science, I am a whole Encyclopaedia behind the rest of the world.”

The man of science dissects the statement verifies the facts

11. “The man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose.”

Margaret Fuller

I donated my body to science fiction

12. “I donated my body to science... fiction.”

Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if

13. “Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn’t zigzag?”

If warm air rises Heaven could be hotter than Hell

14. “If warm air rises, Heaven could be hotter than Hell.”

Support bacteria – they’re the only culture some people have

15. “Support bacteria – they’re the only culture some people have.”

They say we’re 98% water We’re that close to drowning

16. “They say we’re 98% water. We’re that close to drowning. I like to live on the edge.”

If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at

17. “If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?”

If man evolved from monkeys and apes why do we

18. “If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?”

I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost

19. “I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.”

Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

20. “Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?”

My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted

21. “My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.”

They say you’re not supposed to put metal in a

22. “They say you’re not supposed to put metal in a microwave oven. They’re right.”

I turned my air conditioner the other way around and

23. “I turned my air conditioner the other way around and it got cold out. The weatherman said ‘I don’t understand it. It was supposed to be 80 degrees out today.’ I said, oops.”

It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is

24. “It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.”

After eating do amphibians need to wait an hour before

25. “After eating, do amphibians need to wait an hour before getting out of the water?”

It is like putting a dehumidifier and a humidifier in

26. “It is like putting a dehumidifier and a humidifier in the same room and letting them fight it out.”

They say the universe is expanding That should help with

27. “They say the universe is expanding. That should help with the traffic.”

Is boneless chicken considered to be an invertebrate?

28. “Is boneless chicken considered to be an invertebrate?”

OK so what’s the speed of dark?

29. “OK, so what’s the speed of dark?”

Clones are people two

30. “Clones are people two.”

What do batteries run on?

31. “What do batteries run on?”

It doesn’t matter what temperature the room is it’s always

32. “It doesn’t matter what temperature the room is, it’s always room temperature.”

If the universe is everything and scientists say that the

33. “If the universe is everything, and scientists say that the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?”

Why do scientists call it research when looking for something

34. “Why do scientists call it research when looking for something new?”

The speed of time is one second per second

35. “The speed of time is one second per second.”

I have a quantum car Every time I look at

36. “I have a quantum car. Every time I look at the speedometer I get lost.”

How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn’t

37. “How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn’t live there?”

I'm going to get an MRI to find out whether

38. “I'm going to get an MRI to find out whether I have claustrophobia.”

I’ve never seen electricity that’s why I don’t pay for

39. “I’ve never seen electricity, that’s why I don’t pay for it.”

I got this powdered water – now I don’t know

40. “I got this powdered water – now I don’t know what to add.”

If I melt dry ice can I swim without getting

41. “If I melt dry ice, can I swim without getting wet?”

Do radioactive cats have eighteen half-lives?

42. “Do radioactive cats have eighteen half-lives?”

If heat rises then heaven must be hotter than hell

43. “If heat rises, then heaven must be hotter than hell.”

If I become President I’ll make every piece of information

44. “If I become President, I’ll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public, and the scientists. I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one...”

The Carter Center has the only existing international taskforce on

45. “The Carter Center has the only existing international taskforce on disease eradication. Which means a total elimination of a disease on the face of the Earth. In the history of the world, there’s only been one disease eradicated: smallpox. The second disease, I think, is gonna be guinea worm.”

Today in directly harnessing the power of the Sun we’re

46. “Today, in directly harnessing the power of the Sun, we’re taking the energy that God gave us, the most renewable energy that we will ever see, and using it to replace our dwindling supplies of fossil fuels.”

I am a nuclear physicist by training and a deeply

47. “I am a nuclear physicist by training and a deeply committed Christian. I don’t have any doubt in my own mind about God who created the entire universe. But I don’t adhere to passages that so and so was created 4,000 years before Christ, and things of that kind.”

I don’t think that the total creation took place in

48. “I don’t think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesn’t at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang.”

We need to train thousands of young people in the

49. “We need to train thousands of young people in the perspectives and techniques of scientific futurism, inviting them to share in the exciting venture of mapping probable futures.”

One of the more fantastic possibilities is that man will

50. “One of the more fantastic possibilities is that man will be able to make biological carbon copies of himself.”

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