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title: "7 Science Moves Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Science Moves quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Science Moves sayings and thoughts."
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> [Science moves, but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-the-great/science-moves-but-slowly-slowly-creeping-on-from-point-to-point/)

[Alfred the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-the-great/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/alfred-the-great-24036_moving_science-moves-but-slowly-slowly-creeping_371200.png)

> [Science moves, but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point. ... Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/science-moves-but-slowly-slowly-creeping-on-from-point-to-point-yet-i/)

[Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/)

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> [In science, the best precept is to alter and exchange our ideas as fast as science moves ahead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/in-science-the-best-precept-is-to-alter-and-exchange-our-ideas-as/)

[Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/claude-bernard-7455_ideas_in-science-the-best-precept-is-to-alter_1094313.png)

> [It is sad that while science moves ahead in exciting new areas of research, fine-tuning our knowledge of how life originated and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shermer/it-is-sad-that-while-science-moves-ahead-in-exciting-new-areas-of/)

[Michael Shermer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shermer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/michael-shermer-2567_angel_it-is-sad-that-while-science-moves-ahead_1239385.jpg)

> [“While most science moves in a sort of curve, being constantly corrected by new evidence, this science flies off into space in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/while-most-science-moves-in-a-sort-of-curve-being-constantly/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/science-moves-with-the-spirit-of-an-adventure-characterized-both-by/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/james-d-watson-4724_adventure_science-moves-with-the-spirit-of-an-adve_3035350.png)

> [Science moves fastest when there's plenty of debate and controversy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smolin/science-moves-fastest-when-there-s-plenty-of-debate-and-controversy/)

[Lee Smolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smolin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/lee-smolin-4171_controversy_science-moves-fastest-when-there-s-plent_3181243.png)

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