I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day.… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Einstein - the greatest Jew since Jesus. I have no doubt that Einstein's name will still be remembered and revered when Lloyd… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression "Vital… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
My final word, before I'm done, Is "Cancer can be rather fun"- Provided one confronts the tumour with a sufficient sense of humour. I… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Shelley and Keats were the last English poets who were at all up to date in their chemical knowledge. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
A discussion between Haldane and a friend began to take a predictable turn. The friend said with a sigh, 'It's no use going on.… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
There are 400,000 species of beetles on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
