Testament Quotes (8 quotes)
During the vernal equinox, we witness the harmonious dance of light and shadow, warmth and chill, as the Earth transitions from winter’s slumber to spring’s awakening. It’s a testament to the intricate interplay of factors that shape our climate and ecosystems.
A fictional quote imagined in the style of a climate scientist (19 Mar 2024).
Human blood is a testament to life’s origin in the ocean: its chemical composition is nearly identical to that of sea-water.
In 'Ocean Policy and Reasonable Utopias', The Forum (Summer 1981), 16, No. 5, 900.
In the moment of the vernal equinox, we find ourselves standing at the threshold between winter’s chill and spring’s warmth, a testament to the resilience of life and the promise of new beginnings.
A fictional quote imagined in the style typical of a scientist (19 Mar 2024).
It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. “The insect youth are on the wing.” Swarms of new-born flies are trying their pinions in the air. Their sportive motions, their wanton mazes, their gratuitous activity testify their joy and the exultation they feel in their lately discovered faculties … The whole winged insect tribe, it is probable, are equally intent upon their proper employments, and under every variety of constitution, gratified, and perhaps equally gratified, by the offices which the author of their nature has assigned to them.
Natural Theology: or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of The Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature (1802), 490-1.
The city of Hiroshima stands as more than a monument to massive death and destruction. It stands as a living testament to the necessity for progress toward nuclear disarmament.
Speech (11 Jan 1978)). In Bill Adler (ed.), The Wit and Wisdom of Ted Kennedy (2011).
The testament of science is so continually in a flux that the heresy of yesterday is the gospel of today and the fundamentalism of tomorrow.
With co-author James R. Newman, in Mathematics and the Imagination (1940), 193.
The vernal equinox is Nature’s proclamation of renewal and rejuvenation, a time when the Earth awakens from its winter slumber and bursts forth with new life. It’s a testament to the resilience and vitality of our planet.
A fictional quote imagined in the style typical of a scientist (19 Mar 2024).
The vernal equinox marks the moment when the sun crosses the celestial equator, bringing equal day and night length. It’s a testament to the precision of Earth's orbit and the delicate balance of our solar system.
A fictional quote imagined in the style of a renowned astrophysicist and science communicator (19 Mar 2024).
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.
(1987) -- 
