The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.
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Nationality: French Type: Mathematician Born: March 31, 1596 Death: February 11, 1650 |
“We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space.”
“Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth.”