Arriving Quote by Bertrand Russell

Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burnt at the stake he'd taught his brothers to…

— Ayn Rand

For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would…

— Roger Bacon

Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.

— Jacques Ellul

When man invented fire, he didn't say, "Hey, let's cook." He said, "Great, now we can see naked bottoms in the dark.

— Steven Moffat

Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire.

— John F. Kerry

“Should the discovery of fire have been avoided because arsonists can misuse it? Any kind of information can be misused by those who are…

— Arthur R. Jensen

A lot of science started off as magic, where people were burned at the stake for doing science basically.

— Larry Wilmore

[I shall not] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There are no rules, only…

— Joel Henry Hildebrand

Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a…

— Carl Sagan

Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science.... This traditional view is radically false. It takes into account only a single…

— Jacques Ellul

Fermentation may have been a better invention than fire.

— David Wallace

Scientific method, although in its more refined forms it may seem complicated, is in essence remarkably simply. It consists in observing such facts as…

— Bertrand Russell