--- title: "8 Science Old Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Science Old quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Science Old sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/george-orwell-57_achievement_in-oceania-at-the-present-day-science-in_68053.jpg" --- > [In Oceania at the present day, Science, in the old sense, has almost ceased to exist. In Newspeak there is no word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-oceania-at-the-present-day-science-in-the-old-sense-has-almost/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/george-orwell-57_achievement_in-oceania-at-the-present-day-science-in_68053.jpg) > [You ask whether I am going over to the history of science... no, I am not as old as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-kelk-ingold/you-ask-whether-i-am-going-over-to-the-history-of-science-no-i-am-not/) [Christopher Kelk Ingold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-kelk-ingold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/christopher-kelk-ingold-69625_asks_you-ask-whether-i-am-going-over-to-the-h_275653.jpg) > [“I knew of no sadder picture in the history of science than that of the old man, Galileo, worn by a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-mitchell/i-knew-of-no-sadder-picture-in-the-history-of-science-than-that-of/) [Maria Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/maria-mitchell-10880_books_i-knew-of-no-sadder-picture-in-the-histo_693330.jpg) > [The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wickenden/the-essence-of-modernity-is-that-progress-no-longer-waits-on-genius/) [William Wickenden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wickenden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/william-wickenden-64014_ancient_the-essence-of-modernity-is-that-progres_1022570.jpg) > [Computer science is not as old as physics; it lags by a couple of hundred years. However, this does not mean that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/computer-science-is-not-as-old-as-physics-it-lags-by-a-couple-of/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/richard-p-feynman-495_computer_computer-science-is-not-as-old-as-physic_1125871.png) > [The kinds of people that we see on television making science are old white guys with crazy hair, and those aren't the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-bishe/the-kinds-of-people-that-we-see-on-television-making-science-are-old/) [Kerry Bishe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-bishe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/kerry-bishe-17518_crazy_the-kinds-of-people-that-we-see-on-telev_1920594.jpg) > [“In Oceania at the present day, Science, in the old sense, has almost ceased to exist. In Newspeak there is no word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-oceania-at-the-present-day-science-in-the-old-sense-has-almost-2/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/george-orwell-57_present-day_in-oceania-at-the-present-day-science-in_2197585.jpg) > [In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/in-science-the-old-men-are-usually-wrong-but-in-politics-the-old-men/) [Michael Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crichton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/michael-crichton-694_caution_in-science-the-old-men-are-usually-wrong_2379947.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-old/#itemlist", "name": "Science Old Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Oceania at the present day, Science, in the old sense, has almost ceased to exist. In Newspeak there is no word for 'Science.' 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And I know of no picture in the history of religion more weakly pitiable than that of the Holy Church trembling before Galileo, and denouncing him because he found in the Book of Nature truths not stated in their own Book of God — forgetting that the Book of Nature is also a Book of God. 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