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the only reason for a man to live to be 100 ... is to give him a 50/50 chance of learning to speak german .
As an aspiring German speaker, this is somewhat true.
It's good that I caught on easily with modes. If not, that would've given me SIGNIFICANT trouble down the line (and even more going forward)
Stan : "Why would God let Kenny die, Chef? Why? Kenny's my friend. Why can't God take someone else's friend?" Chef : "Stan, sometimes God takes those closest to us, because it makes him feel better about himself. He is a very vengeful God, Stan. He's all pissed off about something we did thousands of years ago. He just can't get over it, so he doesn't care who he takes. Children, puppies, it don't matter to him, so long as it makes us sad. Do you understand?" Stan : "But then, why does God give us anything to start with?" Chef : "Well, look at it this way: if you want to make a baby cry, first you give it a lollipop. Then you take it away. If you never give it a lollipop to begin with, then you would have nothin' to cry about. That's like God, who gives us life and love and help just so that he can tear it all away and make us cry, so he can drink the sweet milk of our tears. You see, it's our tears, Stan, that give God his great power." Stan : "I thnk I understand."
Licky Licky before Sticky Sticky. - Puff Scotty 22/03/14
In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really goodargument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
- Carl Sagan
Licky Licky before Sticky Sticky. - Puff Scotty 22/03/14
We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don’t know anything about it?
- Carl Sagan
Licky Licky before Sticky Sticky. - Puff Scotty 22/03/14
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