--- title: "8 Michael Faraday Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Michael Faraday quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Michael Faraday sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/michael-faraday-8792_accepted_tyndall-i-must-remain-plain-michael-fara_823466.jpg" --- > [Tyndall, ... I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last; and let me now tell you, that if accepted the honour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-faraday/tyndall-i-must-remain-plain-michael-faraday-to-the-last-and-let-me/) [Michael Faraday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-faraday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/michael-faraday-8792_accepted_tyndall-i-must-remain-plain-michael-fara_823466.jpg) > [“Taking him for all and all, I think it will be conceded that Michael Faraday was the greatest experimental philosopher the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyndall/taking-him-for-all-and-all-i-think-it-will-be-conceded-that-michael/) [John Tyndall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-tyndall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/john-tyndall-33806_faraday_taking-him-for-all-and-all-i-think-it-wi_1354832.jpg) > [The fact that Newton and Michael Faraday and other scientists of the past were deeply religious shows that religious skepticism is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-weinberg/the-fact-that-newton-and-michael-faraday-and-other-scientists-of-the/) [Steven Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-weinberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/steven-weinberg-3159_century_the-fact-that-newton-and-michael-faraday_1705194.jpg) > [Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong and the final decisions are made in silent rooms. Tell him to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/tell-him-solitude-is-creative-if-he-is-strong-and-the-final-decisions/) [Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/carl-sandburg-952_being-different_tell-him-solitude-is-creative-if-he-is-s_2180485.jpg) > [ At no period of \[Michael Faraday's\] unmatched career was he interested in utility. He was absorbed in disentangling the riddles of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-flexner/at-no-period-of-michael-faraday-s-unmatched-career-was-he-interested/) [Abraham Flexner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-flexner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/abraham-flexner-29762_careers_at-no-period-of-michael-faraday-s-unmatc_2311712.jpg) > [The theory of evolution was not formally published until shortly before Faraday's death. Evolution was yet to be discovered during Faraday's life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/the-theory-of-evolution-was-not-formally-published-until-shortly/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/bill-nye-1613_claims_the-theory-of-evolution-was-not-formally_2549344.png) > [ “Underneath his sweetness and gentleness was the heat of a volcano. \[Michael Faraday\] was a man of excitable and fiery nature; but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyndall/underneath-his-sweetness-and-gentleness-was-the-heat-of-a-volcano/) [John Tyndall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-tyndall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/john-tyndall-33806_discipline_underneath-his-sweetness-and-gentleness_2620116.jpg) > [“Michael Faraday decided to see if he could generate electricity using magnetism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manjit-kumar/michael-faraday-decided-to-see-if-he-could-generate-electricity-using/) [Manjit Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manjit-kumar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/manjit-kumar-24926_faraday_michael-faraday-decided-to-see-if-he-cou_2660271.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/michael-faraday/#itemlist", "name": "Michael Faraday Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tyndall, ... 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