Science Quotes · Page 150

Scientific progress consists in the development of new concepts.

— Ernst Mayr

I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

— Cindy Crawford

I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.

— Mark Haddon

It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States.

— Matt Smith

The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice.

— Nina Fedoroff

I think the language of science is highly lyrical and evocative and an important part of our lives in many ways.

— Pattiann Rogers

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

— Anonymous

It was quite difficult to play the role of a scientist in 'Hasee To Phasee.'

— Parineeti Chopra

Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to be real…

— Jo Walton

In my view, all students should be given an initial opportunity to pursue the science track as far as it goes. But…

— Philip Kitcher

“The quest for human knowledge is quintessential element of being human, it's a part of our nature. We are all scientists and…

— Frank Huguenard

Scientific dogmatics must devote itself to the criticism and correction of Church proclamation and not just to a repetitive exposition of it.

— Karl Barth

Although the term dialogue was really a euphemism for scientists trying to kill each other, this format worked very well.

— Joao Magueijo

I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist. These are scientists who are making the future in their laboratories.

— Michio Kaku

“Science and mysticism are very closely related, distinguishable only by their approaches. They have identical goals … but different methods.”

— Anonymous

Meditation is that dimension of science which focuses on creating the right kind of interior, so that you can live a peaceful…

— Jaggi Vasudev

“But though, to landsmen in general, the native inhabitants of the seas have ever regarded with emotions unspeakably unsocial and repelling; though…

— Herman Melville

The image of the scientist who puts the pursuit of truth before anything else has been shattered and replaced by a man…

— Paul Johnson

“This was borne out again in October 1996 when Pope John Paul II, standing in the context of a train of Catholic…

— Mark Shea

“No longer an innocent newborn, Elizabeth can tease, joke, and play make-believe because a gap has opened between what she knows to…

— Scott Russell Sanders

I've often heard it said that there's a consensus of thousands of scientists on the global warming issue and that humans are…

— John Christy

The best and safest method of philosophizing seems to be first to inquire diligently into the properties of things, and establishing those…

— Isaac Newton

“But now science is the belief system that is hundreds of years old. And, like the medieval system before it, science is…

— Michael Crichton

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity.…

— Sylvia Earle

Life is a forced state! I am surprized that we live, rather than that our friends die.

— Erasmus Darwin

“For every theory there has to be counterevidence--otherwise science wouldn't progress.”

— Haruki Murakami

Scientists need to invent a way to make DNA work like in cartoons.

— Ryan North

“...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.”

— Socrates

“Good problems and mushrooms of certain kinds have something in common; they grow in clusters.”

— George Pólya

The range of my interests in science fiction - it really does run a gamut.

— Laeta Kalogridis

There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient.

— Oliver Sacks

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

— Mason Cooley

“Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I’d far rather be happy than right any day.”

— Douglas Adams

It's really only all about music. It's not like a big rocket scientist kind of philosophy or anything.

— Tommy Mottola

“An informed world is not only for today, but a legacy to shape a better world and future for tomorrow.”

— Alastair Agutter

I had always looked upon the search for the absolute as the noblest and most worth while task of science.

— Max Planck

Science, as everyone knows, is responsible, moderate, unsentimental, and otherwise good.

— Noam Chomsky

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

— Saint Augustine

Every science is a profane restatement of the preceding dogmas of the religious period

— Francis Parker Yockey

Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.

— Evan Esar