Died Quote by Asa Gray

“If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded…

— Mary Shelley

“My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book, and said, "Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time…

— Mary Shelley

I believe, AGW is simply a kind of collective hysteria with no basis in science.

— Roger Helmer

Isn’t it funny to think that this magnificent piece of matter is in a state of decay? Really, can you think of any other…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

As historians, we refuse to allow ourselves these vain speculations which turn on possibilities that, in order to be reduced to actuality, suppose an…

— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Science which has become a great power in the last century, has analyzed everything divine handed down to us in the holy books. After…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... our "Physick" and "Anatomy" have embraced such infinite varieties of being, have laid open such new worlds in time and space, have grappled,…

— Anonymous

“My final slide quoted the words of biologist Louis Agassiz: ‘Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the…

— Tim Noakes

Let no one expect anything of certainty from astronomy, lest if anyone take as true that which has been constructed for another use, he…

— Bill Vaughan

“It is only rather recently that science has begun to make peace with its magical roots. Until a few decades ago, it was common…

— Philip Ball

“We all love a good story. We all love a tantalizing mystery. We all love the underdog pressing onward against seemingly insurmountable odds. We…

— Brian Greene

All science is the search for unity in hidden likenesses.

— Jacob Bronowski