Attitude Quote by Carl Sagan

Science is much more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking. This is central to its success. Science invites us…

— Carl Sagan

While it is quite reasonable for scientists to be skeptical of new ideas that do not fit within the accepted realm of scientific knowledge,…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

The body of science is not, as it is sometimes thought, a huge coherent mass of facts, neatly arranged in sequence, each one attached…

— Lewis Thomas

A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

What really makes science grow is new ideas, including false ideas.

— Karl Popper

Science is expanding, and with it our vision of the universe. although this new and constantly changing view may not always give us comfort,…

— Heinz Pagels

Science is unpoetic only to minds jaundiced with sentiment and romanticism . . . the great masters of the past boasted all they could…

— Ezra Pound

Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority that came…

— Greg Graffin

The process of science is difficult and challenging. It involves always being aware that your ideas might be right or they might be wrong.…

— Lisa Randall

Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good.

— Carl Sagan

At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their…

— John Charles Polanyi

Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas.

— Max Planck