Seth Shostak Quotes

The Earth has been lawned with life for something over 3.5 billion years. That's a span of time great enough to encompass some honest-to-goodness catastrophe. For example, 700 million years ago, Earth underwent a planet-wide deep freeze, with ice covering the oceans from the poles to the equator.

Seth Shostak

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LifeGreatTimeDeepEnoughIce

You can say Pizza Hut is terrible pizza, but they also sell more pizzas than anybody else.

Jimmy Kimmel

PizzaYouSayMoreTerribleSell

What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time.

Robert Gottlieb

GreatTimeValueConsistencyHouse

I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.

Jeffrey Combs

CandleThinkWingsPersonHumanGet

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.

Steven Pinker

MusicArtPoetryMindPainting

Exercising choice is a good thing.

Roger Rees

GoodChoiceA Good ThingThing

'Doing your own thing' and being a Christian is an oxymoron. As Christians, every day we need to be presenting ourselves before the Lord, thanking Him for His mercy and asking Him to make us more like Him by emptying us of our will, so God's will can be done.

Monica Johnson

GodDayChristianDoingEvery Day

Film line is all about chance. I don't think much, I just like to take chances.

Mithun Chakraborty

ChanceThinkLineTakeFilmChances

As more girls get basic schooling, larger numbers will move up the educational ladder - some to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. That's important because workplaces around the world, especially in many developing and emerging-market countries, are becoming more automated, favouring workers with technical skills.

Julia Gillard

TechnologyScienceMathematicsWorld

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.

Christopher Parker

KnowWantMailLovelyGetFan

Startup investing is one of my things, but it is not my everything.

Chris Sacca

InvestingEverythingThingsStartup

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.

Chuck D

MoneyControlOverLabelsMajorAny

There is a noble and a base side to every history.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

HistorySideNobleEveryBase

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