A thing we do get a lot of is people who claim they are in telepathic contact with extraterrestrials and we don’t need to bother. They are already in contact. That is a fairly common one we get. But what they report is clearly nonsensical. Frank Drake
A thing we do get a lot of is people who claim they are in telepathic contact with extraterrestrials and we don’t need to bother. They are already in contact. That is a fairly common one we get. But what they report is clearly nonsensical.
Other intelligent life-forms will differ greatly in appearance - they may resemble the creature in E.T. or startle us with their beauty - but life itself is common, I'm certain. Frank Drake
Other intelligent life-forms will differ greatly in appearance - they may resemble the creature in E.T. or startle us with their beauty - but life itself is common, I'm certain.
The aim of eugenics is to represent each class or sect by its best specimens; that done, to leave them to work out their common civilization in their own way. Francis Galton
The aim of eugenics is to represent each class or sect by its best specimens; that done, to leave them to work out their common civilization in their own way.
Outside his own ever-narrowing field of specialization, a scientist is a layman. What members of an academy of science have in common is a certain form of semiparasitic living. Erwin Chargaff
Outside his own ever-narrowing field of specialization, a scientist is a layman. What members of an academy of science have in common is a certain form of semiparasitic living.
When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common ؛ I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence. Enrico Fermi
When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common ؛ I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence.
I recall here the prehistoric mythical figures which, in our common Germanic legends, embody the Nordic nature powers; Also to the bold sailors, the Vikings, and their great deeds. Emil von Behring
I recall here the prehistoric mythical figures which, in our common Germanic legends, embody the Nordic nature powers; Also to the bold sailors, the Vikings, and their great deeds.
People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change. David Bohm
People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change.
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.” John Locke
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.”
Philosophy is common sense with big words.” James Madison
Philosophy is common sense with big words.”
The four most beautiful words in our common language I told you so. Gore Vidal
The four most beautiful words in our common language I told you so.
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. Gertrude Stein
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited. George Santayana
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.