--- title: "8 Values Science Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Values Science quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Values Science sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/ann-druyan-13605_bases_we-are-living-in-a-society-that-is-total_63625.jpg" --- > [We are living in a society that is totally dependent on science and high technology, and yet most of us are effectively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/we-are-living-in-a-society-that-is-totally-dependent-on-science-and/) [Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/ann-druyan-13605_bases_we-are-living-in-a-society-that-is-total_63625.jpg) > [The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-values-of-science-and-the-values-of-democracy-are-concordant-in/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/carl-sagan-160_adequate_the-values-of-science-and-the-values-of_534209.jpg) > [“The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-values-of-science-and-the-values-of-democracy-are-concordant-in-2/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/carl-sagan-160_democracy_the-values-of-science-and-the-values-of_1304302.jpg) > [Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-bronowski/science-has-nothing-to-be-ashamed-of-even-in-the-ruins-of-nagasaki/) [Jacob Bronowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-bronowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/jacob-bronowski-3073_ashamed_science-has-nothing-to-be-ashamed-of-eve_1945426.jpg) > [We must give as much weight to the arousal of the emotions and to the expression of moral and esthetic values as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-mumford/we-must-give-as-much-weight-to-the-arousal-of-the-emotions-and-to-the-2/) [Lewis Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-mumford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/lewis-mumford-2870_aesthetic_we-must-give-as-much-weight-to-the-arous_2040858.png) > [Any high school boy or girl knows how to calculate the force with which a stone he or she throws will hit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-gomatam/any-high-school-boy-or-girl-knows-how-to-calculate-the-force-with/) [Ravi Gomatam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-gomatam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/ravi-gomatam-81148_boys_any-high-school-boy-or-girl-knows-how-to_2183952.jpg) > [America may say that it values science, but it sure as hell doesn't want to pay for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/america-may-say-that-it-values-science-but-it-sure-as-hell-doesn-t/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/hope-jahren-4468_america_america-may-say-that-it-values-science-b_2299797.jpg) > [Scientists are human. We have our blind spots and prejudices. Science is a mechanism designed to ferret them out. Problem is we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/scientists-are-human-we-have-our-blind-spots-and-prejudices-science/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_blind_scientists-are-human-we-have-our-blind-s_2843904.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/values-science/#itemlist", "name": "Values Science Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are living in a society that is totally dependent on science and high technology, and yet most of us are effectively alienated and excluded from its workings, from the values of science, the methods of science, and the language of science. A good place to start would be for as many of us as possible to begin to understand the decision-making and the basis for those decisions, and to act independently and not be manipulated into thinking one thing or another, but to learn how to think. 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