Drag Quotes (4 quotes)
In many ways the performances of Donald Trump remind me of male chimpanzees and their dominance rituals. In order to impress rivals, males seeking to rise in the dominance hierarchy perform spectacular displays: stamping, slapping the ground, dragging branches, throwing rocks. The more vigorous and imaginative the display, the faster the individual is likely to rise in the hierarchy, and the longer he is likely to maintain that position.
As quoted in magazine article by James Fallows, 'When Donald Meets Hillary', The Atlantic (Oct 2016). The reporter stated Jane Goodall
told me shortly before Trump won the GOP nomination.
In outer space you develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, Look at that, you son of a bitch.
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Two managers decided they would go moose hunting. They shot a moose, and as they were about to drag the animal by the hind legs, a biologist and an engineer came along.
The Biologist said, You know, the hair follicles on a moose have a grain to them that causes the hair to lie toward the back.
The Engineer said, So dragging the moose that way increases your coefficient of friction by a tremendous amount. Pull from the other end, and you will find the work required to be quite minimal.
The managers thanked the two and started dragging the moose by the antlers.
After about an hour, one manager said, I cant believe how easy it is to move this moose this way. I sure am glad we ran across those two.
Yeah, said the other.But were getting further and further away from our truck.
The Biologist said, You know, the hair follicles on a moose have a grain to them that causes the hair to lie toward the back.
The Engineer said, So dragging the moose that way increases your coefficient of friction by a tremendous amount. Pull from the other end, and you will find the work required to be quite minimal.
The managers thanked the two and started dragging the moose by the antlers.
After about an hour, one manager said, I cant believe how easy it is to move this moose this way. I sure am glad we ran across those two.
Yeah, said the other.But were getting further and further away from our truck.
In Jon Fripp, Michael Fripp and Deborah Fripp, Speaking of Science (2000), 193.
[Overfishing] its not just that were taking too many out, its how were doing it. We are wiping out their nurseries,
[because some huge boats]
bottom trawl
[with] nets that 50 years ago youd have to lift when you came to coral reefs or rocks or nooks and crannies. Now theyre so sophisticated and so heavy, the equipment, and the boats so powerful they can just drag right over the coral reefs and the rocks and the nooks and crannies, and turn them into a gravel pit.
The trouble is those are the nurseries. Thats where the little fish hide and get bigger and get big enough for us to eat.
From transcript of PBS TV interview by Tavis Smiley (28 Mar 2011).
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; 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.
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