Science Quotes: Inspiring Discoveries and Reflections

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

H. L. Mencken, Writer

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

"If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic"

Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer

"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow"

Edward Teller, Physicist

"Science does not know its debt to imagination"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

"He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

"Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

"Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense"

Thomas Huxley, Scientist

"But in Christianity, by contrast, the freedom of the children of God was also freedom from all important worldly interests, from all art and science, etc"

Bruno Bauer, Theologian

"I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of what hypotheses and theories might account for that data. So there's a continuity between philosophy and science in that way"

Robert Nozick, Philosopher

"Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof"

Ashley Montagu, Scientist

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life"

Immanuel Kant, Philosopher

"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings"

Helen Keller, Author

"It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science"

Steven Adler, Musician

"In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science"

Martin H. Fischer, Author

"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science"

Muhammad Iqbal, Poet

"Yoga is an art and science of living"

Indra Devi, Celebrity

"We're taking up some science experiments, some crystal growth things, we have a refrigerator that carries up some samples, new samples that go into the station, we bring the old ones home; we have a lot of clothing, we have a lot of food-U.S. and Russian food"

Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut

"If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that"

John Polkinghorne, Physicist

"Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ"

John Calvin, Theologian

"I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them"

Maya Lin, Architect

"Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition"

Alan Turing, Mathematician

"I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false"

Clifford Geertz, Scientist

"By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu"

Steven Pinker, Scientist

"At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly"

Joseph Rotblat, Physicist

"We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

"Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe"

David Sarnoff, Inventor

"I warn you against believing that advertising is a science"

William Bernbach, Businessman

"What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way"

Octavia Butler, Writer

"Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere"

Octavia Butler, Writer

"Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin"

Marcus V. Pollio, Architect

"Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality. This view of the world - biocentrism - revolves around the way a subjective experience, which we call consciousness, relates to a physical process. It is a vast mystery and one that I have pursued my entire life"

Robert Lanza, Scientist

"Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession"

Michael Polanyi, Scientist

"The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun"

John Desmond Bernal, Scientist

"The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but a critically important part, of economy and social development"

John Desmond Bernal, Scientist

"Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined"

Cathy McMorris, Politician

"We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers"

Cathy McMorris, Politician

"A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

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