Seth Shostak Quotes

Any beings advanced enough to traverse interstellar distances are at least a thousand years beyond our technical level. Spending gobs of time examining our missiles is equivalent to sending the Air Force back to the Middle Ages and insisting they examine the chain mail factories.

Seth Shostak

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TimeEnoughBackAir ForceBeyond

I grew up watching people and companies commercialize Black History Month. I watched old McDonald's commercials, and they'd blacken up the commercials for 28 days then go back to normal in March. It got annoying to me.

Jermaine Fowler

HistoryPeopleMeBlackBackGo

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.

Jennifer Granholm

SacrificeDinnerSmallThanksgiving

Fear is a powerful weapon. It can excite and motivate, and it can get people to yell and to scream. But fear has never created a job.

Andrew Cuomo

FearJobPeoplePowerfulNeverGet

The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.

Angelus Silesius

RoseSheWithoutBecauseExplanation

Life would have been easier for me if I had taken the path of least resistance.

Michael Gove

LifePathMeResistanceBeenWould

I wanted to be in museums. I don't do things to be small.

Amy Sherald

SmallMuseumsThingsWanted

I'm not so much surprised by the success of 'Ugly Betty' as I am feeling so blessed by it.

Ana Ortiz

SuccessI AmUglyBlessedFeeling

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

Rita Rudner

MarriageMenPainJewelryBetter

In our industry, there are so many competing companies and games, and they have people constantly out spying on competition. For example, Valve in Seattle tries to keep their location a secret.

Rony Abovitz

CompetitionPeopleGamesSecretOut

Before the start of each new series, I go shopping for my 'Bake Off' wardrobe. I've got increasingly confident with my look and now wear much more colour than I did at the start.

Mary Berry

ShoppingStartConfidentLookNew

What is the most important is never to give up, never to give in to circumstances, to trust yourself.

Luka Modric

TrustYourselfCircumstancesNever

I'm a really slow writer. What I need to start writing on any given day, is a kernel, a line of dialogue, anything I can sense concretely.

Diana Gabaldon

DayWritingStartSlowI CanNeed

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