“Like everybody else in the cocktail lounge, he was softening his brain with alcohol. This was a substance produced by a tiny creature called yeast. Yeast organisms ate sugar and excreted alcohol.”
― Breakfast of Champions
― Breakfast of Champions
“The purpose of a lecture should not be to impart information. There are books, libraries, nowadays the internet, for that. A lecture should inspire and provoke thought.”
― Childhood, Boyhood, Truth: From an African Youth to the Selfish Gene
― Childhood, Boyhood, Truth: From an African Youth to the Selfish Gene
“The expression “Breakfast of Champions” is a registered trademark of General Mills, Inc., for use on a breakfast cereal product. The use of the identical expression as the title for this book as well as throughout the book is not intended to indicate an association with or sponsorship by General Mills, nor is it intended”
― Breakfast of Champions
― Breakfast of Champions
“Wayne didn’t even know the Earth revolved around the Sun. He thought the Sun revolved around the Earth, because it certainly looked that way. A truck sizzled”
― Breakfast of Champions
― Breakfast of Champions
“We spend our days studying and simulating experiences we may never actually have. It’s all pretend, really, but we are learning. And that, I think, is the point: learning.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
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