#si

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#design #divine #earth #ever #home

We should be exploring consciousness at the neural level and higher, where the arrow of causal analysis points up toward such principles as emergence and self-organization. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#arrow #causal #consciousness #emergence #exploring

In some units it may suppress the motor discharge altogether, in some it may merely slow the motor discharge thus lessening the wave frequency of the contraction and so the tension. ↗

— Charles Scott Sherrington

#contraction #discharge #frequency #lessening #may

To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool. ↗

— Robert E. Sherwood

#damn #damn fool #fool #gullible #imaginative

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts. ↗

— Robert E. Sherwood

#blasts #brave #derision #efforts #first

But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#after #anger #another #another way #because

We are playing at home, with full stadiums and passionate fans. It will be very special moment for me. ↗

— Andriy Shevchenko

#full #home #me #moment #passionate

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#bloodshed #i #i think #only #resignation

I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#disadvantageous #even #formally #future #going

It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#country #debts #enough #got #hasn