Quotes with combustible

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  • Bill Bryson In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face.
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Ambrose Bierce Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Carl Sagan We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Carl Sagan We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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