Of necessity, a scientist typically studies one incredibly tiny sliver of some biological system, totally ensconced within one discipline, because even figuring… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I didn't have a manifesto. I had some discontent. It seemed to me that midcentury mainstream American science fiction had often been… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Emotions are a source of power, and that's what science tells us. But many people I encounter have been led to think… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
There are two avenues from the little passions and the drear calamities of earth; both lead to the heaven and away from… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
One function of the intellect is to catalog. But cataloging doesn't change anything. If we call it a rose, or by any… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You have nothing to do but mention the quantum theory, and people will take your voice for the voice of science, and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I did a lot of good work for the rest of the forty years... science is an incremental thing. Everything builds on… — Gustav Nossal Copy Share Image
“Not facts, not scientific knowledge, but eternal Truth delivers men, and that eternal Truth became flesh to dwell among us. "This is… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
Whereas the man of action binds his life to reason and its concepts so that he will not be swept away and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Who that has ever visited the borders of this classic sea, has not felt at the first sight of its waters a… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
From the rocket we can see the huge sphere of the planet in one or another phase of the Moon. We can… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that history is about everything. It isn't just about politics or the military or social issues. If art,… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Not that this deterred him and his friend Klapaucius from further experimentation, which showed that the extent of a dragon's existence depends… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
We cannot step aside and say that we have achieved our goal by inventing a new drug or a new way by… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The researchers argued that an orderly environment fosters a sense of responsibility not so much by deterrence (since Groningen police rarely penalize… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Scientists - who prefer explanations subject to laboratory tests - figure that everything we see today was as inevitable as wrinkles, once… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual.… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
“Scientific progress isn’t a parade of miraculously wrong theories—it’s an optimistic snowball, gathering the structure of reality as it rolls.” — Amanda Gefter Copy Share Image
“The trouble with the scientific approach, thought the Brigadier, was that it left you at the mercy of your scientists.” — Terrance Dicks Copy Share Image
If an outsider perceives 'something wrong' with a core scientific model, the humble and justified response of that curious outsider should be… — David Brin Copy Share Image
It is true that the trees are for human use. But these are aesthetic uses as well as commercial uses-uses for the… — Joseph LeConte Copy Share Image
My point of view is that science is essentially private, whereas the almost universal counter point of view, explicitly stated in many… — Percy Williams Bridgman Copy Share Image
There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to… — Plato Copy Share Image
Television is just the wrong medium, at least in prime time, to teach science. I think it is hopeless if it insists… — Jeremy Bernstein Copy Share Image
My father happened to be a doctor, and though I loved and idealized him privately, professionally I never had any use for… — Rudolph Valentino Copy Share Image
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I was the kind of kid who liked omnivorously almost all kinds of science - rock collections, fossils - and I like… — Sandra Faber Copy Share Image
Fundamental research is needed to make progress, which you cannot do solely by copying others. If you only do applied research, you… — Francois Englert Copy Share Image
“D. A., and Kahneman, D. (1998). Does living in California make people happy?: A focusing illusion in judgments of life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 9: 340–46.” — Sonja Lyubomirsky Copy Share Image
My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
Scientists have no agreed theory of the origin of life - plenty of scenarios, conjectures and just-so stories, but nothing with solid… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad. If used wisely, genetics can… — Hideo Kojima Copy Share Image
I want to collect the entire range of scientific and educational literature and make it accessible to the whole world. Just like… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
The beauty of science and the nature of scientific revelations constitute part of the modern theologian's perspective and toolbox. — Joseph Silk Copy Share Image
My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that… — Fabiola Gianotti Copy Share Image
Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
“Science and art,... they seek the truth and the meaning of life, they seek God, [and] the soul, and when they are… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image