Science must always clash hard with religion in order to…

But some of these theories are so bold that they can clash with reality: they are the testable theories of science. And when they…

— Karl Popper

Science and art may invent splendid modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these are all poor and worthless compared with the…

— William Ellery Channing

If we are to define science, ... it does not consist so much in knowing, nor even in "organized knowledge," as it does in…

— Charles Sanders Peirce

Science sees the process of evolution from the outside, as one might a train of cars going by, and resolves it into the physical…

— John Burroughs

Iron and coal dominated everywhere, from grey to black: the black boots, the black stove-pipe hat, the black coach or carriage, the black iron…

— Lewis Mumford

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.

— Charles Darwin

But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of…

— Albert Einstein

A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which…

— Francois Arago

It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is it…

— Carl Sagan

Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In…

— Gertrude B. Elion

One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my…

— Jane Powell

Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…

— Anonymous

I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,…

— Jacques Lusseyran