18th century scientists, the French in particular, seldom did things simply if an absurdly demanding alternative was available.
Bill BrysonWe forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb.
Bill BrysonAs the saying goes, it takes all kinds to make the world go around, though perhaps some shouldn't go quite so far around it as others.
Bill BrysonThe remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what we actually know.
Bill Bryson