The scientist is a practical man and his are practical (i.e., practically attainable) aims. He does not seek the ultimate but the… — Gilbert N. Lewis Copy Share Image
Those who are really convinced that they have made progress in science would not demand freedom for the new views to continue… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The pretention that some of us are better than others, I don't think is a very good thing. And who is contributing… — Jack Steinberger Copy Share Image
Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order. — Sydney Brenner Copy Share Image
In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..." — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes ; yet they… — William Ramsay Copy Share Image
