Science Quotes

Small: One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective st
"One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars"
Simon Newcomb, Mathematician
Small: All science is experiential but all experience must be related back to and derives its its validity from the c
"All science is experiential; but all experience must be related back to and derives its its validity from the conditions and context of consciousness in which it arises, i.e., the totality of our nature"
Wilhelm Dilthey, Historian
Small: Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible oppor
"Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible opportunities for the development of theoretical knowledge, enabling us to learn ever more and more about the nature of living bodies and the soil"
Trofim Lysenko, Celebrity
Small: Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty
John Carmack
"Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty"
John Carmack, Scientist
Small: I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior
"I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior"
Serge Lang, Mathematician
Small: And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in a
John B. S. Haldane
"And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art"
John B. S. Haldane, Scientist
Small: The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present a
"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
Small: It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of
"It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone"
Ferdinand De Saussure, Educator
Small: The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself a
"The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science"
Edward Sapir, Scientist
Small: Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are
"Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are on American highways. This is not rocket science. We know how to prevent this, and 36 states do"
Byron Dorgan, Politician
Small: One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to kn
"One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics"
Henri Poincare, Mathematician
Small: Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us
"Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us"
Huston Smith, Theologian
Small: Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement
Oscar Wilde
"Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Society lives by faith, and develops by science
"Society lives by faith, and develops by science"
Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher
Small: The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verifi
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction
Jimi Hendrix
"Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: A fools brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence Universit
George Bernard Shaw
"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
Small: Science is but an image of the truth
Francis Bacon
"Science is but an image of the truth"
Francis Bacon, Philosopher
Small: Science in the modern world has many uses its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
Small: Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics
Aristotle
"Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Small: The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the
Albert Einstein
"The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imaginat
Albert Einstein
"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking
Albert Einstein
"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome mans insecurit
Albert Einstein
"It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science
Albert Einstein
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a languag
Albert Einstein
"Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences
Plato
"Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences"
Plato, Philosopher
Small: Science has explained nothing the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the sur
Aldous Huxley
"Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness"
Aldous Huxley, Novelist
Small: Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science
Aldous Huxley
"Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science"
Aldous Huxley, Novelist
Small: The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble
Benjamin Disraeli
"The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
Small: Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a mans upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floo
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet
Small: The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture
Elbert Hubbard
"The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
Small: Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the econom
Elbert Hubbard
"Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
Small: I do not believe in God his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned
Jean-Paul Sartre
"I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
Small: Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
Small: Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.
W. H. Auden
"'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'"
W. H. Auden, Poet
Small: This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, t
Thomas Carlyle
"This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
Small: Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong
Thomas Carlyle
"Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer