“I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think the most bellicose ruling group in the Western world at the moment is the British.” ThinkingWorldMomentsGroupsLike YouPoliticianScientistWesternBritishGermanyBritainRulingWestern World Author:E. P. Thompson
“The goal of scientists is you hope that the thing you're working on is bigger than the thing you're pipetting into that tube at the moment.” MomentsGoalScientistBiggerTubes Author:Bonnie Bassler
“But the moment the politicians start saying they are in denial of what the scientists are telling them, of what the consensus of scientific experiments demonstrates, that is the beginning of the end of an informed democracy.” EndsMomentsDemocracyPoliticianScientistExperimentsDenialConsensus Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“... what the artist or creative scientist feels is not anxiety or fear; it is joy. I use the word in contrast to happiness or pleasure. The artist, at the moment of creating, does not experience gratification or satisfaction... Rather, it is joy, joy defined as the emotion that goes with heightened consciousness, the mood that accompanies the experience of actualizing one's own potentialities.” FeelsDoeMomentsUseJoyArtistPleasureEmotionConsciousnessCreativityCreativeAnxietyCreatingScientistSatisfactionMoodDefinedContrastGratificationAccompany Book:The Courage to Create Source: The Courage to Create