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“The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.”
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“There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”
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“We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.”
― The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
― The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came.
[Remarks at the Dinner for the America's Cup Crews, September 14 1962]”
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[Remarks at the Dinner for the America's Cup Crews, September 14 1962]”
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