O sweet spontaneous earth how often has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy beauty thou answereth them only with spring. — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
“[All good research scientists understand that] no position is unassailable. There are no absolute truth in science. Authority counts for nothing when… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
My father was a research scientist in tropical medicine, so I always assumed I would be a scientist, too. I felt that… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
A lot of scientists on Earth think of things that they could do in zero g. Things like the way metals cure,… — Kevin A. Ford Copy Share Image
When a scientist says he believes the Bible--that doesnt give me anymore more faith in the Bible that gives me more faith… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
Uh-huh," I said. "Because all you mad, evil scientists sit around whipping up batches of Pillsbury's finest during your coffee breaks. I… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I'm a humanist. I'm an observer. I have a very scientific mind. I believe metaphysics and science absolutely blended are more the… — Meredith Brooks Copy Share Image
Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I was working as an art and tech researcher in '84. At that time there had been a small government program of… — Francesca Da Rimini Copy Share Image
“The strongest proof that in the name of “science” we pursue unworthy and sometimes even harmful things is the existence of a… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Great steps in human progress are made by things that don't work the way philosophy thought they should. If things always worked… — Charles Kettering Copy Share Image
[In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
It's as if scientists exert every effort of will they possess deliberately to find the least significant problems in the world and… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“the best data scientists tend to be “hard scientists,” particularly physicists, rather than computer science majors. Physicists have a strong mathematical background,… — O'Reilly Radar Team Copy Share Image
“There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Probably the most important skill that children learn is how to learn. ... Too often we give children answers to remember rather… — Roger Lewin Copy Share Image
Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Science is a hobby, and I'm really into it, but it's not my job. My job is to learn about comedy and… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
It is certainly important to be looking for cures to medical disorders, but it is equally important to conduct research on human… — Stephen LaBerge Copy Share Image
Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There are clearly many Egyptian free-thinkers and intellectuals - lots of wonderful Egyptian artists and architects and scientists. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
What promotes math progress even more than new ideas are new technical tools and habits of thought that encapsulate existing ideas, so… — Jim Propp Copy Share Image
I have examples of people who find their way back later on in life, in their 30's, 40's, it can happen in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“Science fiction and fantasy literature has always been defined by tales of heroism. It is meant to represent humanity at our very… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
[Asked about a book in which 100 Nazi professors charged him with scientific error.] Were I wrong, one professor would have been… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
“Why is it so difficult for us to think in relative terms? Well, for the good reason that human nature loves absoluteness,… — Felix Alba-Juez Copy Share Image
“The researchers publishing in this area are careful to attach the appropriate caveats to their findings, but the media and blogosphere have… — John R. Hibbing Copy Share Image
The wise individual doesn't get too attached to any of life's pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it's… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value, elly judgments of all kinds… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There may be some deep questions about the cosmos that are forever beyond science. The mistake is to think they are therefore… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The discrepancy between what was expected and what has been observed has grown over the years, and we're straining harder and harder… — Jeremiah P. Ostriker Copy Share Image
The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image