Business men are to be pitied who do not recognize the fact that the largest side of their secular business is benevolence.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or… — Harold Urey Copy Share Image
“The Old World science found in the Bible would not be considered “wrong” or “false” as much as it would just offer… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
The wonderful structure of the animal system will probably never permit us to look upon it as a merely physical apparatus, yet… — John Gorrie Copy Share Image
When I first went to Hubble, as an astronomer and as a scientist, it was a dream come true. And as an… — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image
Most educated people are aware that we're the outcome of nearly 4 billion years of Darwinian selection, but many tend to think… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“There are cultures on Earth that are more alien than some of the aliens in SF. More extensive quote: "the theme of… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of… — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Can a controlled experiment explain why people like Kewpie dolls in one year, Beanie Babies in another, and American Girl dolls this… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
I tried to get the word out to people who are information hubs in their communities, because they could propagate the call… — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
“Things are not yet perfect, of course,’ sighed the Collector. ‘All the same, I should go so far as to say that… — J G Farrell Copy Share Image
O sweet spontaneous earth how often have the doting fingers of prurient philosophers pinched and poked thee ,has the naughty thumb of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One influential philosophical position about the use of probability in science holds that probabilities are objective only if they are based on… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
It may seem rash indeed to draw conclusions valid for the whole universe from what we can see from the small corner… — Emile Borel Copy Share Image
But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown… — William Bayliss Copy Share Image
Our creationist detractors charge that evolution is an unproved and unprovable charade-a secular religion masquerading as science. They claim, above all, that… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Congressman Bridenstine's legislative record and his own testimony during his nomination hearing show that he rejects NASA's role in earth science, adopts… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
“When we consider the magnitude and extent of his discoveries and their influence on the progress of science and of industry, there… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“In a survey of thousands of respondents, researchers in England found that of all the “happy habits” science has currently identified as… — Susan David Copy Share Image
Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows… — Hans Zinsser Copy Share Image
There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that will ever… — John Eric Erichsen Copy Share Image
“The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right. You can't all be correct. And what if all of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The rapid growth of industry, the ever increasing population and the imperative need for more varied, wholesome and nourishing foodstuff makes it… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Do not undertake a scientific career in quest of fame or money. There are easier and better ways to reach them. Undertake… — Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Copy Share Image
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The more I find life to be a great design, the more I suspect it to be singular in existence; the more… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
When I was a young girl, I was so crazy about animals that I wanted to do something associated with them, and… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
To do science today is to experience a dimension unique in contemporary working lives; the work promises something incomparable: the sense of… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Random search for data on ... off-chance is hardly scientific. A questionnaire on 'Intellectual Immoralities' was circulated by a well-known institution. 'Intellectual… — Hans Selye Copy Share Image
For a billion years the patient earth amassed documents and inscribed them with signs and pictures which lay unnoticed and unused. Today,… — Hans Cloos Copy Share Image
And to think of this great country in danger of being dominated by people ignorant enough to take a few ancient Babylonian… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
What I love about sci-fi is that every generation's films are based on what we know at that point in time. We… — Olga Kurylenko Copy Share Image
It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Researchers could probably explain how the combination of thick black hair, riveting green eyes, and a slow, confident smile provoked some cascade… — Samanthe Beck Copy Share Image
Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
![“I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the basic for the most powerful weapon ever known [the nuclear bomb] ... I thought maybe my discovery might have the practical value of, say, neon in neon signs…” quote by Harold Urey](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/2b4/harold-urey-42546_chemistry_i-looked-for-it-heavy-hydrogen-deuterium_2368902.jpg)
![“When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the old saying of Vox populi, vox Dei [the voice of the people is the voice of God], as every philosopher knows, cannot be trusted in science.” quote by Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/5f6/charles-darwin-507_agnosticism_when-it-was-first-said-that-the-sun-stoo_226722.jpg)
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