Quotes about "Space & Cosmic Perspective"

When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human. ”

Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage. ”

The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi. ”

The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance. ”

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal. ”

Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being. ”

What some people argue is that Vietnam stands for the proposition that there's no role for American power anywhere on earth. I don't believe that's the case at all. I think we're the strongest force for democracy and for stability on earth, and we must have a strong capacity to perform that role. ”

I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people. ”

Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books. ”

It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space. ”