Technology & Innovation: Science Quotes

Welcome to a curated selection of science quotes at the intersection of technology and innovation. These lines capture the spirit of inquiry, the rigor of evidence, and the courage to test bold ideas. Browse insights from pioneering researchers, inventors, and modern technologists who turned questions into breakthroughs. Whether you seek perspective for a project, inspiration for study, or a reminder of the scientific method, this collection highlights how curiosity, measurement, and creativity drive progress across labs, startups, and global challenges.

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"Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100 million planets that harbored life"

Ben Sweetland, Author

Ben Sweetland

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"

Lord Kelvin, Scientist

Lord Kelvin

"To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of"

Ronald Fisher, Mathematician

"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction"

Isaac Newton, Mathematician

Isaac Newton

"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow"

Edward Teller, Physicist

"The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought"

Walter Gilbert, Scientist

"If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet"

Niels Bohr, Physicist

Niels Bohr

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting"

Ernest Rutherford, Psychologist

Ernest Rutherford

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

Albert Einstein

"Science does not know its debt to imagination"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"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

Jacques Yves Cousteau

"Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind"

Louis Pasteur, Scientist

Louis Pasteur

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature"

Martin H. Fischer, Author

"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong"

Richard P. Feynman, Physicist

Richard P. Feynman

"To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science"

Isaac Newton, Mathematician

Isaac Newton

"Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into"

Michael P. Anderson, Astronaut

Michael P. Anderson

"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

Arthur C. Clarke

"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

Linda M. Godwin

"I am undecided whether or not the Milky Way is but one of countless others all of which form an entire system. Perhaps the light from these infinitely distant galaxies is so faint that we cannot see them"

Johann Heinrich Lambert, Mathematician

Johann Heinrich Lambert

"We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin"

Charles Darwin, Scientist

Charles Darwin

"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

Albert Einstein

"Canada and space are a natural fit"

Marc Garneau, Astronaut

Marc Garneau

"Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists"

David Hilbert, Mathematician

David Hilbert

"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young"

Konrad Lorenz, Scientist

"Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind"

Abdus Salam, Scientist

"Heredity is nothing but stored environment"

Luther Burbank, Environmentalist

"If you ask almost any of them, 'Do you stand behind your theory? Is this the answer?' I think almost everyone would say, 'No, no, no. I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities.' We really don't know what's going on"

Saul Perlmutter, Scientist

Saul Perlmutter

"It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded"

Isaac Newton, Mathematician

Isaac Newton

"Climate change is a big scam for a lot of people to make a lot of money"

Donald Trump, Businessman

Donald Trump

"There are many experiments and a great deal of research that can be performed on the station that make a difference in our lives and we are committed to supporting this important vocation"

Marc Garneau, Astronaut

Marc Garneau

"We still have a lot of international partner modules that need to get up there to make it truly the international structure that it will be, and that's highly important; we need to get to where the crew size is bigger"

Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut

Linda M. Godwin

"It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties"

Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician

Alfred North Whitehead

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

Alan Turing, Mathematician

Alan Turing

"It was not an asteroid or comet, because it would have killed everything"

Robert T. Bakker, Scientist

Robert T. Bakker

"Feathers predate birds"

Robert T. Bakker, Scientist

Robert T. Bakker

"Physiological psychology is, therefore, first of all psychology"

Wilhelm Wundt, Psychologist

Wilhelm Wundt

"The source of this energy is the sun's radiation"

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Scientist

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought"

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Scientist

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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