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Law Quotes by Paul Davies
- The burgeoning field of computer science has shifted our view of the physical world from that of a collection of interacting material particles to one…
- Science can proceed only if the scientist adopts an essentially theological worldview. ..even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of faith the existence…
- People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws of physics -…
- Science may explain the world, but we still have to explain science. The laws which enable the universe to come into being spontaneously seem themselves…
- The laws of physics ... seem to be the product of exceedingly ingenious design... The universe must have a purpose.
- The thing about lucid dreams is that it's not like the real world where you are constrained by all sorts of things, including the laws…
- Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental 'superlaws,' but the superlaws themselves must still be…
- My feeling is that scientific method has the power to account for and interlink all phenomena in the universe, including its origin, using the laws…
- Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very laws of nature…
- Traditionally, scientists have treated the laws of physics as simply 'given,' elegant mathematical relationships that were somehow imprinted on the universe at its birth, and…
- We will never fully explain the world by appealing to something outside it that must simply be accepted on faith, be it an unexplained God…
- When I was a student, the laws of physics were regarded as completely off limits. The job of the scientist, we were told, is to…
- The question not many ask is: why are the laws of physics like they are?
- Mathematics is universal. It's discovered by human beings, but the rules of mathematics are the same throughout the universe and the laws of the universe.
- The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newton's formulation of the laws of gravitation and motion. It is no exaggeration…
More Law Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. — Lance Armstrong
- This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me… — Joe Arpaio
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson