Famous quotes by Scientists

ScientistsFrom Albert Einstein to Stephen Hawking, scientists have actually long given inspiration as well as wisdom. Their quotes have been used to motivate, urge, as well as test us to think in a different way. Below are a few of one of the most motivating quotes from a few of the world's most distinguished scientists, offering understanding right into the world of science and also past.
Small: The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom - Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley
"The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
Small: In thinking about nanotechnology today, whats most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnol
K. Eric Drexler
"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"
K. Eric Drexler, Scientist
Small: I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my w
Frederick Sanger
"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home"
Frederick Sanger, Scientist
Small: It doesnt matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will
"It doesn't matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will always be on the list because if you could achieve them they would be extremely valuable"
Martin Fleischmann, Scientist
Small: When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservatio
"When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future"
Dian Fossey, Scientist
Small: Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions.
"Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other"
Mary Douglas, Scientist
Small: Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you - William Turner
"Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you"
William Turner, Scientist
Small: Change means that what was before wasnt perfect. People want things to be better - Esther Dyson
"Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better"
Esther Dyson, Scientist
Small: In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in a
"In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age"
Thomas Gold, Scientist
Small: The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists
"The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today"
Frederick Soddy, Scientist
Small: On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from Fra
"On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life"
John James Audubon, Scientist
Small: I do not separate Christ from God more than a voice from the speaker or a beam from the sun. Christ is the voi
"I do not separate Christ from God more than a voice from the speaker or a beam from the sun. Christ is the voice of the speaker. He and the Father are the same thing, as the beam and the light, are the same light"
Michael Servetus, Scientist
Small: Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality.
"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
Small: Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation as to
"Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation as to whether gout or stone be the worst disease. Sometimes the stone, on passing, kills the patient, without waiting for the gout"
Thomas Sydenham, Scientist
Small: The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question - Step
Stephen Jay Gould
"The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question"
Stephen Jay Gould, Scientist
Small: I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge t
Michael Polanyi
"I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
Small: Feathers predate birds - Robert T. Bakker
Robert T. Bakker
"Feathers predate birds"
Robert T. Bakker, Scientist
Small: A scientist should be the happiest of men - George Wald
"A scientist should be the happiest of men"
George Wald, Scientist
Small: The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called life, expects only
"The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing"
Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist
Small: We all love Linux, but its also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate - Miguel de Icaza
"We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: After some time, with my eyes closed, I began to enjoy this wonderful play of colors and forms, which it reall
"After some time, with my eyes closed, I began to enjoy this wonderful play of colors and forms, which it really was a pleasure to observe. Then I went to sleep and the next day I was fine. I felt quite fresh, like a newborn"
Albert Hofmann, Scientist
Small: It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has
"It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has"
Hippocrates, Scientist
Small: People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do - Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do"
Isaac Asimov, Scientist
Small: Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason - Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu
"Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason"
Ashley Montagu, Scientist
Small: The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology - E. O. Wilson
"The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology"
E. O. Wilson, Scientist
Small: Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we m
Marie Curie
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less"
Marie Curie, Scientist
Small: The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on th
Thomas Huxley
"The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
Small: No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than th
Thomas Huxley
"No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
Small: The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact - Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley
"The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
Small: Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed - Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley
"Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
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