Matter Quotes

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In matters of science, curiosity gratified begets not indolence, but new desires. — James Hutton
The edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but a castle in the air-a… — Dmitri Mendeleev
There is no force inherent in living matter, no vital force independent of and differing from the cosmic forces; the energy which living matter gives… — William Thomas Councilman
... one of the main functions of an analogy or model is to suggest extensions of the theory by considering extensions of the analogy, since… — Mary Hesse
For strictly scientific or technological purposes all this is irrelevant. On a pragmatic view, as on a religious view, theory and concepts are held in… — Unknown Author
It is easy to make out three areas where scientists will be concentrating their efforts in the coming decades. One is in physics, where leading… — Dennis Flanagan
To use Newton's words, our efforts up till this moment have but turned over a pebble or shell here and there on the beach, with… — Frank Drake
[The] humanization of mathematical teaching, the bringing of the matter and the spirit of mathematics to bear not merely upon certain fragmentary faculties of the… — Cassius Jackson Keyser
Science gains from it [the pendulum] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparatus presents qualities that one would try in vain… — Leon Foucault
Science has penetrated the constitution of nature, and unrolled the mysterious pages of its history, and started again many, as yet, unanswered questions in respect… — Noah Porter
The validity of mathematical propositions is independent of the actual world-the world of existing subject-matters-is logically prior to it, and would remain unaffected were it… — Cassius Jackson Keyser
While, on the one hand, the end of scientific investigation is the discovery of laws, on the other, science will have reached its highest goal… — Unknown Author
But the World being once fram'd, and the course of Nature establish'd, the Naturalist, (except in some few cases, where God, or Incorporeal Agents interpose),… — Robert Boyle
There is, however, no universal recipe for scientific advance. It is a matter of groping forward into terra incognita of the outer world by means… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
As a matter of fact, there is still a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to find a way… — Tyrone Willingham
Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them than the sound that comes out of all this speculation. — Unknown Author
A good addiction is a contradiction in terms. Anything people can't give up or must have is not healthy, no matter what the activity. — Unknown Author
In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors, to the critical… — Victor J. Stenger
There is no ground for supposing that matter and energy existed before [the Big Bang] and were suddenly galvanized into action. For what could distinguish… — Unknown Author
You need to believe in your passion, no matter how stupid or insane that might make you look to the rest of the world. — Jason Ellis
If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives. — Greg Boyle
People do not follow uncommitted leaders. Commitment can be displayed in a full range of matters to include the work hours you choose to maintain,… — Unknown Author
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. — R C Sherriff
You have to be precise. You have to be specific, but you want to be accurate. That is first and foremost. You want to be… — Wolf Blitzer
The occurrence of any event where the chances are beyond one in ten followed by 50 zeros is an event which we can state with… — Emile Borel

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