Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“The same few dozen organic molecules are used over and over again in biology for the widest variety of functions.” — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running experiments. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Physiology has spawned many biological sciences, amongst them my own field of pharmacology. — John Vane Copy Share Image
As a scientist, I don't believe science will ever discover whether God exists. Nor do I believe religion will ever prove it. — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Science, as well as technology, will in the near and in the farther future increasingly turn from problems of intensity, substance, and… — John von Neumann Copy Share Image
Many science-fiction writers, such as Gregory Benford, are working scientists. Many others, such as Joe Haldeman, have advanced degrees in science. Others,… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
No one really starts anything new, Mrs. Nemur. Everyone builds on other men's failures. There is nothing really original in science. What… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
I am proudly pro-life and believe that science is proving those who believe in the sanctity of life right every day. A… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint besides their migraines, it is that they have not been listened to… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Science fiction has been an inspiration to generations of scientists and engineers, and the film series 'Star Wars' is no exception. — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image
Though women are no longer barred from university laboratories and scientific societies, the idea that they are innately less suited to mathematical… — Margaret Wertheim Copy Share Image
“I believe that the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms on the grasslands of Africa gave us the model for all religions to follow.… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
...the physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for, he himself knows best, and feels… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
People ask, 'Is the science going to run ahead of the ethics?' I don't think that's always the problem. I think it's… — Arthur Caplan Copy Share Image
A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are times when the marvels of scientific advancement expedite our processes, making our lives easier. Modern technology provides machines that can… — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is in the universe something for the description and analysis of which the natural sciences cannot contribute anything. There are events… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image