All Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes
- The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of… Any
- I suspect that the changes that have taken place during the last century in the average man's fundamental beliefs, in his philosophy, in his concept… All
- The fact that Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment, is nowhere better illustrated than in the two fields for slight contributions… Alterations
- The chemist in America has in general been content with what I have called a loafer electron theory. He has imagined the electrons sitting around… America
- Indeed, nothing more beautifully simplifying has ever happened in the history of science than the whole series of discoveries culminating about 1914 which finally brought… Acceptance
- We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility of the fact of the growth and decay of… Admit
- From that night on, the electron-up to that time largely the plaything of the scientist-had clearly entered the field as a potent agent in the… Agent
- This much I can say with definiteness - namely, that there is no scientific basis for the denial of religion - nor is there in… Any
- To me it is unthinkable that a real atheist could be a scientist. Atheism
- Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward. Analysis
- There is no likelihood that man can ever tap the power of the atom Atom
- The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do. Doctrine
- Just how we fit into the plans of the Great Architect and how much He has assigned us to do, we do not know, but… Architect
- My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes. Converse
- Willard Gibbs did for statistical mechanics and for thermodynamics what Laplace did for celestial mechanics and Maxwell did for electrodynamics, namely, made his field a… Celestial
- Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. Experiment
- There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run… Atom
- Three ideas stand out above all others in the influence they have exerted and are destined to exert upon the development of the human race:… Age
- Two erroneous impressions ... seem to be current among certain groups of uninformed persons. The first is that religion today stands for mediaeval theology; the… Among
- Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the two most dangerous… Attention
- Fullness of knowledge always and necessarily means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to both humility and reverence. Always Conducive
- Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants. Civilization
- Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence. Always Conducive