Science Quotes · Page 266

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

— Thomas Huxley

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

— Joshua Lederberg

Science does not just drive space travel - space travel also drives science.

— Leroy Chiao

You don't need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone. I think you do to use an Android phone,

— Steve Ballmer

'There's no need for fiction in medicine,' remarks Foster... 'for the facts will always beat anything you fancy.'

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I started to write about science and medicine at the 'Washington Post,' in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

— Michael Specter

Each metal has a certain power, which is different from metal to metal, of setting the electric fluid in motion.

— Alessandro Volta

Medical scientists are nice people, but you should not let them treat you.

— August Bier

It was during my enchanted days of travel that the idea came to me, which, through the years, has come into my…

— Hans Cloos

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of…

— Anonymous

Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing. That's what scientists do every day. If a scientist already…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“These motions were such as to satisfy me, after frequently repeated observation, that they arose neither from currents in the fluid, nor…

— Robert Brown

Programs like I-Corps get university and other federally-funded research translated more quickly into new products and new companies, creating American jobs and…

— Dan Lipinski

I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read…

— Augusten Burroughs

“Indubitably, Magick is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of…

— Aleister Crowley

Propose theories which can be criticized. Think about possible decisive falsifying experiments-crucial experiments. But do not give up your theories too easily-not,…

— Karl Popper

Not only did he teach by accomplishment, but he taught by the inspiration of a marvelous imagination that refused to accept the…

— Edwin Howard Armstrong

“No. No way. I’m not flying. I’m not getting in a tin can that could fall out of the sky at any…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

What really matters for me is ... the more active role of the observer in quantum physics ... According to quantum physics…

— Wolfgang Pauli

My definition [of genius] would be about being completely involved in your art form. So that's outside of sciences. Within the arts…

— Russell Crowe

A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our…

— Francois Arago

It is true, we are such poor navigators that our thoughts, for the most part, stand off and on upon a harborless…

— Henry David Thoreau

In the current era, more than prodigies in mathematics, science, athletics, or art, I believe we need prodigies of good character and…

— Ilchi Lee

“In despair, I offer your readers their choice of the following definitions of entropy. My authorities are such books and journals as…

— Sydney Herbert Evershed

I'm not actually that bothered about the 'science fiction-ness' of 'Doctor Who.'

— Alastair Reynolds

...the science is getting worse faster than the politics is getting better

— David Miliband

I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false

— Clifford Geertz

It is the stars as not yet known to science that I would know, the stars which the lonely traveler knows.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Always trust a microbiologist because they have the best chance of predicting when the world will end”

— Teddie O. Rahube

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

— Winston Churchill

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

— Bill Gates

We want kids to think that they can think about science. They don't need to just play soccer.

— Miguel Nicolelis

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

— John Charles Polanyi

O telescope, instrument of much knowledge, more precious than any sceptre!

— Johannes Kepler

“Ever seen Xena? Wonder Woman? Weird Science? Yeah. He wants a mythical creature.”

— Jenni Kosarin

Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavors that can be used to delight diners.

— Rene Redzepi

Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

— Paul Nurse

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

— Albert Einstein

Researchers claim that the Internet is making us dumber and more impatient. I dont get it. Moving on.

— Hussein Nishah