Science Quotes · Page 134

One man alone had really known the sciences, namely, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln.

— Roger Bacon

“Very high altitude astronomy only works by ignoring established biological science”

— Steven Magee

“Poetry is no rocket science, a good poet writes from his heart!”

— Saru Singhal

We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they are.

— Lewis Howard Latimer

The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.

— Stephen Hawking

Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.

— George Coyne

“Science is the process of obscuring the marvelous with explanations.”

— James Rozoff

BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.

— William Kamkwamba

RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south…

— Ambrose Bierce

“Whenever I meet in Laplace with the words 'Thus it plainly appears', I am sure that hours and perhaps days, of hard…

— Nathaniel Bowditch

The civilization of the West, which was brilliant by virtue of its scientific perfection for a long time, and which subjugated the…

— Hassan al-Banna

Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“ George Stephenson , with a sagacity of mind in advance of the science of his day, answered, when asked what was…

— William Siemens

I think logicians hate my work, they detest it! And I'm like pornography, I'm sort of an unmentionable subject in the world…

— Gregory Chaitin

In symbols one observes an advantage in discovery which is greatest when they express the exact nature of a thing briefly and,…

— Gottfried Leibniz

Electrical force is defined as something which causes motion of electrical charge; an electrical charge is something which exerts electric force.

— Arthur Eddington

“Nothing could be more admirable than the manner in which for forty years he [Joseph Black] performed this useful and dignified office.…

— Henry Peter Brougham

“In the folklore of science, there is the often-told story of the moment of discovery: the quickening of the pulse, the spectral…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

But, contrary to the lady's prejudices about the engineering profession, the fact is that quite some time ago the tables were turned…

— Nicholas Metropolis

Metaphysics is the study of how to shift the self. How to get outside the self-reflection and to just gaze with awe…

— Frederick Lenz

You can always create a fraction by putting one variable upstairs and another variable downstairs, but that soes not establish any causal…

— Thomas Sowell

We may... have to relinquish the notion, explicit or implicit, that changes of paradigm carry scientists and those who learn from them…

— Thomas Kuhn

“But did he go to heaven?" Katherine persisted. "That's between him and God, not him and history," JB said. Alex started, jerking…

— Margaret Peterson Haddix

Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments…

— Bertrand Russell

Geometry is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind.

— Thomas Hobbes

Science is for anyone who wants to explore their world and understand things.

— Jamie Hyneman

“We cannot jump to conclusions. All we can do is measure and count. That is the task of science.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“The people call it a miracle; the scientists call it invention. But the invention is miraculous, is it not?”

— karen essex

“The great thing about growing up with science fiction is that you have an interest in everything.”

— Ray Bradbury

Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius.

— Isaac D'Israeli

The injuries we do in kind are visited upon us often. In the science of the mind, trying hard to move a…

— Lou Reed

Scientists are treacherous allies on committees, for they are apt to change their minds in response to arguments.

— Maurice Bowra

And as I had my father's kind of mind-which was also his mother's-I learned that the mind is not sex-typed.

— Margaret Mead

I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books.

— Anthony Doerr

Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am…

— Dan Brown

“Insecure, ill-dressed chaos theorist desires intelligent, insightful, incandescent trends researcher. Must be SC.”

— Connie Willis

I've always liked all the sciences, like math, physics and biology.

— Sigrid Agren

I've never owned a telescope, but it's something I'm thinking of looking into.

— George Carlin

Science is about exploring the unknown and cannot offer guarantees.

— Virginia Postrel