All Lord Kelvin Quotes
- Simplification of modes of proof is not merely an indication of advance in our knowledge of a subject, but is also the surest guarantee of… Advance
- The life and soul of science is its practical application, and just as the great advances in mathematics have been made through the desire of… Advances
- The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it are mere dreams… Any
- [Referring to Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat] ... Fourier's great mathematical poem ... Conduction
- There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement. All
- Questions of personal priority, however interesting they may be to the persons concerned, sink into insignificance in the prospect of any gain of deeper insight… Any
- Do not imagine that mathematics is harsh and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealisation of common sense. Common
- Mathematics is the only good metaphysics. Good
- Mathematics is the only true metaphysics. Inspirational
- Overwhelmingly strong proofs of intelligent and benevolent design lie around us... the atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words. Atheistic
- If you study science deep enough and long enough, it will force you to believe in God. Atheism
- In physical science a first essential step in the direction of learning any subject is to find principles of numerical reckoning and practicable methods for… Advanced
- Radio has no future." "X-rays are clearly a hoax". "The aeroplane is scientifically impossible. Aeroplane
- Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and fancy women. Cost
- When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery. Difficulty
- Let nobody be afraid of true freedom of thought. Let us be free in thought and criticism; but, with freedom, we are bound to come… Afraid
- I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation other than ballooning, or of the expectation of good results from any of the… Aerial
- Vortices of pure energy can exist and, if my theories are right, can compose the bodily form of an intelligent species. Bodily
- If you can not measure it, you can not improve it. Funny
- Although mechanical energy is indestructible, there is a universal tendency to its dissipation, which produces throughout the system a gradual augmentation and diffusion of heat,… Augmentation
- There cannot be a greater mistake than that of looking superciliously upon practical applications of science. The life and soul of science is its practical… Application
- Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it. Bound
- The fact that mathematics does such a good job of describing the Universe is a mystery that we don't understand. And a debt that we… Able
- I have no satisfaction in formulas unless I feel their numerical magnitude. Feel
- I need scarcely say that the beginning and maintenance of life on earth is absolutely and infinitely beyond the range of all sound speculation in… Absolute