Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right… — Daryl Gregory Copy Share Image
If Russia is to be a great power, it will be, not because of its nuclear potential, faith in God or the… — Zhores Alferov Copy Share Image
“There is endless happiness in this world, but provided one knows the science behind it! ‘Science’ can give happiness. You have become… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The attitude of the true scientist towards the real limits of human understanding was unforgettably impressed on me in early youth by… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
The work I have done has, already, been adequately rewarded and recognized. Imagination reaches out repeatedly trying to achieve some higher level… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment, which… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems,… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
Science is actually, I think, a very creative venture. It requires thinking outside of the box. It requires an ability to be… — Cara Santa Maria Copy Share Image
“In Hamilton 's The Universe Wreckers ... it was in that novel that, for the first time, I learned Neptune had a… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Magic is not, and never has been a substitute for science, but is rather a constructive activity with a specific social function,… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
You're a mad scientist,' said Maggie, in what may well have been intended as a reassuring tone. 'We don't expect you to… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure Nature hasn't misled you into thinking you know something you don't… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Ere land and sea and the all-covering sky Were made, in the whole world the countenance Of nature was the same, all… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Nature seems to take advantage of the simple mathematical representations of the symmetry laws. When one pauses to consider the elegance and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meteorologists don't use a script, and most create their own graphics and certainly put together their own forecasts. Most of us went… — Ginger Zee Copy Share Image
“Our teachers, our friends, our science, our studies, even our eyes can deceive us. But the word of God is entirely true… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I too can see the… — Richard Feynman Copy Share Image
“Both died, ignored by most; they neither sought nor found public favour, for high roads never lead there. Laurent and Gerhardt never… — Charles Adolphe Wurtz Copy Share Image
Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness,… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
There's no scientific definition. A hymn... is a song of praise to God. I think there were three real goals with our… — Keith Getty Copy Share Image
Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It's easier for an audience… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
If you thought you were trying to find out more about it because you're gonna get an answer to some deep philosophical… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
When people think science and cooking, they have no idea that it's not correctly expressed. We're actually applying the scientific method. People… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
“With what contempt and suspicion, then, must one regard those who are no willing to wait, and who beguile themselves and terrify… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We must learn to set our emotions aside and embrace what science tells us. GMOs and nuclear power are two of the… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
“The requirements of a degree in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), a demanding foreign language, or a rigorous degree in… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
Cory Doctorow should be too busy for lunch. He's co-editor of, and a prolific contributor to, one of the most influential blogs… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
[In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
“Well," she said, "how can I be sure there aren't invisible people in the world? Scientists didn't believe in the mountain gorilla… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
A US Department of Education; implementation of a scientific materialist philosophy; studies, being cleansed of religious, patriotic and other features of the… — William Z. Foster Copy Share Image
“I seek not to instruct but only to lead, to point out and describe what I see. I claim no other right… — Edmund Husserl Copy Share Image
“What these modern researchers are now “discovering” is something ancient women always knew. The warring dualisms of “matter vs. spirit,” the hostile… — Monica Sjöö Copy Share Image
“I don’t have an issue with what you do in the church, but I’m gonna be up in your face if you’re… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Some claim evolution is just a theory. As if it were merely an opinion. The theory of evolution, like the theory of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
“To gauge the extent of society’s victory in the modern age, its early substitution of behavior for action and its eventual substitution… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
There never was a sounder logical maxim of scientific procedure than Ockham's razor: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. That is to… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
The main object of the work was to present such a survey of the advances already made in physical knowledge, and of… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image