--- title: "10 Success Science Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Success Science quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Success Science sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/oscar-wilde-16_psychology_success-is-a-science-if-you-have-the-con_2793206.jpg" --- > [Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/success-is-a-science-if-you-have-the-conditions-you-get-the-result/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/oscar-wilde-16_psychology_success-is-a-science-if-you-have-the-con_2793206.jpg) > [It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-asperger/it-seems-that-for-success-in-science-or-art-a-dash-of-autism-is/) [Hans Asperger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-asperger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/hans-asperger-54881_art_it-seems-that-for-success-in-science-or_2171166.png) > [The success of a science fiction writer is if he can write a good read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/the-success-of-a-science-fiction-writer-is-if-he-can-write-a-good-read/) [Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/arthur-c-clarke-640_books_the-success-of-a-science-fiction-writer_2592742.jpg) > [One of the major ingredients for professional success in science is luck. Without this, forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-m-lederman/one-of-the-major-ingredients-for-professional-success-in-science-is/) [Leon M. Lederman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-m-lederman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/leon-m-lederman-20865_forget_one-of-the-major-ingredients-for-profess_1525434.jpg) > [Success in science and scientific work come not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lal-bahadur-shastri/success-in-science-and-scientific-work-come-not-through-the-provision/) [Lal Bahadur Shastri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lal-bahadur-shastri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/lal-bahadur-shastri-16540_bigs_success-in-science-and-scientific-work-c_867084.jpg) > [It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of money that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/it-is-a-myth-that-the-success-of-science-in-our-time-is-mainly-due-to/) [Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/karl-popper-2167_accounts_it-is-a-myth-that-the-success-of-science_1580701.jpg) > [One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/one-of-the-reasons-for-its-success-is-that-science-has-a-built-in/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/carl-sagan-160_characterization_one-of-the-reasons-for-its-success-is-th_707470.jpg) > [The only way to have real success in science, the field I'm familiar with, is to describe the evidence very carefully without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/the-only-way-to-have-real-success-in-science-the-field-i-m-familiar/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/richard-p-feynman-495_evidence_the-only-way-to-have-real-success-in-sci_2802633.png) > [“The very success of science in showing us how deeply ordered the natural world is provides strong grounds for believing that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-lennox/the-very-success-of-science-in-showing-us-how-deeply-ordered-the/) [John C. Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/john-c-lennox-39462_explanation_the-very-success-of-science-in-showing-u_193228.jpg) > [“The widespread success of science is too significant an issue to be treated as if it were a happy accident that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-polkinghorne/the-widespread-success-of-science-is-too-significant-an-issue-to-be/) [John Polkinghorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-polkinghorne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/john-polkinghorne-14266_god_the-widespread-success-of-science-is-too_2299395.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/success-science/#itemlist", "name": "Success Science Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/success-is-a-science-if-you-have-the-conditions-you-get-the-result/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/oscar-wilde-16_psychology_success-is-a-science-if-you-have-the-con_2793206.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/oscar-wilde-16_psychology_success-is-a-science-if-you-have-the-con_2793206.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/oscar-wilde-16_psychology_success-is-a-science-if-you-have-the-con_2793206.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hans Asperger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-asperger/it-seems-that-for-success-in-science-or-art-a-dash-of-autism-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/hans-asperger-54881_art_it-seems-that-for-success-in-science-or_2171166.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/hans-asperger-54881_art_it-seems-that-for-success-in-science-or_2171166.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/hans-asperger-54881_art_it-seems-that-for-success-in-science-or_2171166.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential.” — Hans Asperger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The success of a science fiction writer is if he can write a good read.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arthur C. 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