Science Quotes

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Small: Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin
"Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin"
John von Neumann, Mathematician
Small: The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion
Arnold H. Glasow
"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion"
Arnold H. Glasow, Businessman
Small: If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: He is dead in this world who has no belief in another
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"He is dead in this world who has no belief in another"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What the public is taught is that he
Ashley Montagu
"The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What the public is taught is that health is the cure for disease"
Ashley Montagu, Scientist
Small: If a mans wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics
Francis Bacon
"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics"
Francis Bacon, Philosopher
Small: The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not
Gertrude Stein
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not"
Gertrude Stein, Author
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 folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring o
Paul Valery
"The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us"
Paul Valery, Poet
Small: I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel
E. B. White
"I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel"
E. B. White, Writer
Small: Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems
"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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: Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
Small: If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right but if
Arthur C. Clarke
"If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong"
Arthur C. Clarke, Writer
Small: People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people
Charles F. Kettering
"People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain and the greater the number of your tic
Adam Smith
"Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty"
Adam Smith, Economist
Small: The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible
Ray Bradbury
"The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible"
Ray Bradbury, Writer
Small: For NASA, space is still a high priority
Dan Quayle
"For NASA, space is still a high priority"
Dan Quayle, Vice President
Small: Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories those that dont work, those tha
"Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost"
Russell Baker, Journalist
Small: In science, fact can only mean confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional as
Stephen Jay Gould
"In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms"
Stephen Jay Gould, Scientist
Small: Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opp
Stephen Jay Gould
"Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within"
Stephen Jay Gould, Scientist
Small: What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to
"What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
Small: I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists
"I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
Small: Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldnt be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesnt know it so it goes on flyin
Mary Kay Ash
"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway"
Mary Kay Ash, Businesswoman
Small: Your theory is crazy, but its not crazy enough to be true
Niels Bohr
"Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
Small: If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos
"If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos"
Robert Quillen, Journalist
Small: Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he belie
Jay Leno
"Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution"
Jay Leno, Comedian
Small: Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities
"Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years"
Mike Pence, Politician
Small: A satellite has no conscience
"A satellite has no conscience"
Edward R. Murrow, Journalist
Small: Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly
"Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly"
Linus Pauling, Scientist
Small: Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the wor
"Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world"
Jane Howard, Journalist
Small: When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, th
"When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods"
Leon Battista Alberti, Architect
Small: A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God
"A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God"
Alan Perlis, Scientist
Small: Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them
"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them"
Martin Henry Fischer
Small: From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. Its not a miracle we just decided to go
Tom Hanks
"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go"
Tom Hanks, Actor
Small: The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour cont
"The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers"
Lewis Thomas, Scientist
Small: The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. Im talking about an organic
"The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor"
Alvin Toffler, Author
Small: The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success
"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success"
Bruce Feirstein, Writer
Small: A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a no
"A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective"
Edward Teller, Physicist
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