Science Quotes

Small: There is science, logic, reason there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California
"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California"
Edward Abbey, Author
Small: In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science
"In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
Small: Weve established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science
"We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better"
Christine Gregoire, Politician
Small: We can make science personal, like a love story or your best friend
"We can make science personal, like a love story or your best friend"
Jim Sullivan, Musician
Small: There is no significant man-made Global Warming underway and the science on which the computer projections of
"There is no significant man-made Global Warming underway and the science on which the computer projections of weather chaos are based is badly flawed"
John Coleman, Businessman
Small: Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phen
"Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena"
Stanislav Grof, Psychologist
Small: I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age
"I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age"
Larry Wall, Author
Small: The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the da
"The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death"
Stanislav Grof, Psychologist
Small: Theres a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids a
Margot Kidder
"There's a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are naturally in the body"
Margot Kidder, Actress
Small: Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little lat
"Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science"
Larry Wall, Author
Small: Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machin
"Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs"
Stanislav Grof, Psychologist
Small: I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction
"I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction"
Neil LaBute, Director
Small: If we reject science, we reject the common man
"If we reject science, we reject the common man"
Naguib Mahfouz, Novelist
Small: It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat
"It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat"
Mary Douglas, Scientist
Small: Weve heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science
"We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students"
Patrick Stewart, Actor
Small: Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men
"Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men"
Jean Rostand, Scientist
Small: As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bushs blatant disregard for science
"As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science"
Louise Slaughter, Politician
Small: In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men hav
Dean Inge
"In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach"
Dean Inge, Philosopher
Small: That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information
"That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding"
Edward Abbey, Author
Small: Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that
"Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty"
James D. Watson, Scientist
Small: I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so co
"I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated"
James D. Watson, Scientist
Small: The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that of junk science is one
"The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that of junk science is one which can be fought and perhaps defeated"
Aldrich Ames, Criminal
Small: When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition
"When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic"
Jean Rostand, Scientist
Small: Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I
Mikhail Bakunin
"Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I receive and I give - such is human life. Each directs and is directed in his turn"
Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary
Small: The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come
David Attenborough
"The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about"
David Attenborough, Journalist
Small: There are in fact two things, science and opinion the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance
"There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance"
Hippocrates, Scientist
Small: Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance
"Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance"
Hippocrates, Scientist
Small: Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves a
Max Planck
"Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve"
Max Planck, Scientist
Small: Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the g
Max Planck
"Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'"
Max Planck, Scientist
Small: This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more tha
"This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may have deplorable effects"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
Small: It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense
"It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide"
Friedrich August von Hayek, Economist
Small: A body of work such as Pasteurs is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole
"A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in"
Jean Rostand, Scientist
Small: It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of
"It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of"
Jean Rostand, Scientist
Small: Science is the systematic classification of experience
George Henry Lewes
"Science is the systematic classification of experience"
George Henry Lewes, Philosopher
Small: Science is not addressed to poets
George Henry Lewes
"Science is not addressed to poets"
George Henry Lewes, Philosopher
Small: Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science
Max Planck
"Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it"
Max Planck, Scientist
Small: History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find tw
Marc Bloch
"History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical"
Marc Bloch, Historian
Small: I would love to photograph Stephen Hawking. I am just fascinated by science, I really am
Helena Christensen
"I would love to photograph Stephen Hawking. I am just fascinated by science, I really am"
Helena Christensen, Model
Small: Im concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in natur
Joan Jett
"I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet"
Joan Jett, Musician
Small: Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such
"Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety of learning; but the close alliance with each other, of the different branches of science, will explain the difficulty"
Marcus V. Pollio, Architect