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Hope Jahren Quotes

Science is performed by people, and it's subject to all the various foibles that plague the rest of our social dynamics.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 27, 1969

Topics

Science People Rest Social Plague

We've finally told the world that this is sports entertainment, and I think one of the best forms of entertainment is anything that's fun or funny, something that you really enjoy watching or listening to.

Funny Sports Best Fun World Think

My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true.

Me Think Important Blood True Math

The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win.

Win Stock Market Difference Playing

Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.

Time Thinking Over Worse Sloppy

I grew up in Shanghai, a big urban city.

City Up Big Urban Shanghai Grew

I'm not good at raising money. I don't like to raise money. It's been my experience that when I ask someone for money, it's not long before they return the favor.

Good Money Experience Someone Long

Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.

Water Fire Name Glass Ask Right

Pity is just another form of abuse.

Abuse Pity Just Form Another

Even hostile parodies admit from the start that the target has a distinct voice.

Start Voice Admit Target Even

I wanted to be an explorer, but gradually found the world had been explored and that there was nowhere left, really. Once they climbed Everest in 1953, when I was 10 years old, I thought, 'Well, that's pretty much it now.' But the idea of travelling and exploring and adventure was very strong.

Adventure World Strong Thought Now

Technology and the Internet are not just changing politics here in the U.S. It's also happening abroad. In the Philippines, where I grew up, grassroots organizers used text messaging to help overthrow a president.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Technology Politics Internet Help Up

It is one thing to hear about the forest and the river, but an entirely other experience to go there, to see the environment, and to appreciate the natural riches there first-hand.

Experience River Appreciate Forest

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