Animated Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity.

— Stephen Jay Gould

I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge…

— Antony Hewish

In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work.

— Carl Sagan

The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Science is the process of obscuring the marvelous with explanations.”

— James Rozoff

“Science needs the light of free expression to flourish. It depends on the fearless questioning of authority, and the open exchange of ideas.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The sciences paint an impersonal and objective account of the world, deliberately devoid of "meaning", telling us about origins and mechanics of life, by…

— John Barrow

One of the tragedies of our educational system is that we've taken this incredibly interesting subject - how the universe works - and made…

— Sean M. Carroll

I just feel like my audience is interested in anything that I do. Dare I say, even when I was making my science experiment…

— Bretman Rock

The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.

— Lawrence M. Krauss

We are the subjects of an experiment which is not a little interesting to me.

— Henry David Thoreau

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

— Joshua Lederberg