Atheism shows strength of mind but only to a certain degree.
Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.
The smarter the journalists are the better off society is. For to a degree people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher the better the student body.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree while the other is in distress try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.
Today over half of China's undergraduate degrees are in math science technology and engineering yet only 16 percent of America's undergraduates pursue these schools.
Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.
I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.
In science 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness.