Bounds Quote by Albert Einstein

“the rigorously impersonal view of science might one day appear as having been a temporarily useful eccentricity rather than the definitively triumphant position which…

— William James

A creator is not in advance of his generation but he is the first of his contemporaries to be conscious of what is happening…

— Gertrude Stein

I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable…

— Anonymous

The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power.

— Annie Besant

“It is a fact of life that oversimplified accounts of the development of science are often necessary in its teaching. Most scientific progress is…

— Jim Al-Khalili

A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.

— Gertrude Stein

[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary but undeniable fact: experimental science has progressed thanks in great part to the work of men…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

If any human being earnestly desire to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old; to win victories over…

— Francis Bacon

“Science is a cosy, friendly club of specialists who follow their numerous different stars; it is proud and wonderfully productive but never certain and…

— James Lovelock

“A scientist’s work is determined by two things: his interests and those of his time. Everything has led to this.”

— Anthony Doerr

“Everything in the universe conforms to certain simple scientific rules that have been repeated over billions of years. While this can be awe-inspiring, it…

— Atheist Republic

The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His…

— Nikola Tesla