Famous Quotes & Sayings

Seth Shostak

The fact that we can't easily foresee clues that would betray an intelligence a million millennia farther down the road suggests that we're like ants trying to discover humans. Ask yourself: Would ants ever recognize houses, cars, or fire hydrants as the work of advanced biology?

He's advanced beyond his age in terms of his coolness and composure. He'll give up hits and people will score, but he just doesn't all of a sudden spiral into a mess.

George Allen

I think the president ought to meet with this mother. What I would say to her is her son will always be remembered as a great hero and a patriot, advanced freedom in Iraq and the Middle East, has made this country more secure.

The purpose of this agreement is to focus on advanced and emerging technologies. Fuel cells had been our focus for the last 7 years.

In emerging markets, consumers are more likely to own a cell phone than a computer, so they get to the Internet through their phone. Data use is not as advanced in the United States.

The migration to Solaris 10, the most advanced operating system on the planet, is no more complicated than that of the transition HP customers are facing. Solaris 10 has great momentum in the marketplace, including four million registered licenses, a growing community, and broad support for existing applications and systems that can help these customers get the most out of their existing investment.

Maurice Cheeks

Their execution down the stretch was the key. They advanced the ball quicker up the court than what we're normally used to.

Harold Reynolds

The competition has been great, ... One difference this year is the defense stands out. You can really see how advanced the players are fundamentally.

Emma Goldman

The idealists and visionaries, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds and express their ardor and faith in some supreme deed, have advanced mankind and have enriched the world

The infection in his lungs advanced a bit more last night. His condition is now worse than yesterday.

The important thing is not so much the style of martial art but the style of the instructor. Watch classes. Basic ones and advanced ones. See if it will match your preferences.

Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true.

The kids are pretty jacked up to have advanced this far in the tournament. We knew if we were going to advance we were going to have to go through Case.

Mike Rudd

The UAE has a known requirement for a number of advanced jet trainers. They operate the Hawk at the moment, and we are hoping to impress them with this latest version.

These are best-of-breed computers for consumers looking for the best technology available for advanced multimedia and entertainment applications.

You will find that there is a very significant skepticism or cynicism that has been developing among law students -- and has been for quite some time, ... That may be attributed in part, if not in whole, to the approach that is being advanced by the law schools.

The glucose concentration in the aqueous humor is about 80% of that of blood and tracks it with a time lag of no more than 5-10 minutes. We've tested a couple of dozen people and now want to extend testing to a large sample and build a more advanced prototype.

the curriculum will be in line with that of any other advanced country.

The combined imagery of the PET and CT into this advanced technology now provides doctors with a single, highly defined, three-dimensional image of targeted areas of the human body. The PET/CT provides important information about a patient's condition, allowing doctors to make the best choices about treatment.

These girls have come a long way from when we first started. They're fearless, and they jump right into advanced skills.

A knowledge economy doesn't mean producing doctorates, although there is a perception that higher-level skills drive the economy. It's too simplistic to say that one follows the other. There is no belief at the OECD that the production of advanced degrees is a formula for economic success.

Dave Scott

The combination of advanced technology and reduced crew requirements make the C-130J ideally suited to fill the airlift requirements of many countries in this region. From the rapid deployment of relief supplies to devastated areas, to the evacuation of those needing medical aid, the C-130J has no equal. The tremendous range, power and payload capability of the C-130J make it nearly twice as effective as older C-130s and we have seen ample evidence of that capability in combat. But the ability of the C-130J to deliver large amounts of supplies and personnel to regions where normal airfield operations have been disrupted is one of its biggest advantages. With its short austere landing strip capability, C-130Js are often the first aircraft to start the relief process.

Francis Collins

The hopes of the parent of a child with a birth defect, the hopes of a young man with a family history of cancer, the hopes of a couple caring for an aging parent are in some way advanced by our having this instruction book of an animal which is a model for all of those circumstances.

We?re like an advanced college course. Harry gives us background information. All of a sudden I feel connected to this music.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Everyone else thinks it must be the most safe, most advanced and most covetable pushchair on the market.

Everyone has taken a territory to own. We've taken advanced living through modern luxury.

James Gleick

The body itself is an information processor. Memory resides not just in brains but in every cell. No wonder genetics bloomed along with information theory. DNA is the quintessential information molecule, the most advanced message processor at the cellular level - an alphabet and a code, 6 billion bits to form a human being.

The biggest difference is that the Core version is directed to a different population of students. It measures the same types of skills as the advanced version, but the tasks are slightly less complex and there is less of a reading load.

Nothing really physically changed. We had still been going into work at Advanced Energy, but we were working for a different company. Then we were told we would no longer have jobs. We don't really know what happened.

Charles Darwin

The belief in God has often been advanced as not only the greatest but the most complete of all the distinctions between man and the lower animals. It is, however, impossible to maintain that this belief is instinctive in man. The idea of a universal and beneficent creator does not seem to arise in the mind of man until he has been elevated by long, continued culture.

The new Civic has no peers in appeal, with its concept-car styling, wide-open interior, strong yet efficient power, fine handling and advanced safety features.

The new Ask.com is the culmination of years of innovation, combining the most advanced core search technology with one-of-a-kind tools that make search better. People deserve a search engine that gives them the tools to get what they need faster, not just a bunch of links on a page. Ask.com takes search to the next level.

Frederick Sanger

After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result.