Natalie Angier Quotes

I may not believe in life after death, but what a gift it is to be alive now.

Natalie Angier

• Believe
• Gift
• Alive

The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.

Natalie Angier

• World
• Beauty
• Details

Eternal love is a myth, but we make our myths, and we love them to death.

Natalie Angier

• Love
• Eternal
• Myth

Evolution is a tinkerer, an ad-hocker, and a jury-rigger. It works with what it has on hand, not with what it has in mind. Some of its inventions prove elegant, while in others you can see the seams and dried glue.

Natalie Angier

• Mind
• Hand
• Evolution

Surveys show that surveys never lie.

Natalie Angier

• Show
• Lie
• Surveys

Learn to play the drums. The world needs more girl drummers. The world needs your wild, pounding, dreaming heart.

Natalie Angier

• World
• Heart
• Needs

The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency.

Natalie Angier

• Freedom
• Enemy
• Complacency

Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.

Natalie Angier

• Joy
• Trust
• Cooperating

Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the world, of facing reality square on but taking nothing on its face. It is about attacking a problem with the most manicured of claws and tearing it down into sensible, edible pieces.

Natalie Angier

• Mind
• Science
• Reality