Better Quote by Alan Alda

I think it's important for scientists to speak in their own voices and not just be mediated by journalists or others speaking for them.

— Alan Alda

In the case of some people, not even if we had the most accurate scientific knowledge, would it be easy to persuade them were…

— Aristotle

Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal…

— Leonard Mlodinow

People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I…

— Stephen Hawking

I would say it's important for scientists to speak out when they can and when they can be listened to.

— Lisa Randall

Science is voiceless; it is the scientists who talk.

— Simone Weil

Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some…

— George Coyne

Scientists blame the audience for being too stupid, shallow, or lazy to understand. There has been a fascinating debate in the blogosphere lately about…

— Mark Powell

Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: public ignorance isn't peculiar to science. It's sad if some…

— Martin Rees

I enjoy very much communication. I think that scientists need to communicate.

— Anonymous

“Intense study of a particular field of science does not necessarily make one scientifically literate. Indeed, it has been our experience that working scientists…

— Robert M. Hazen