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Science Quotes by John William Draper
- As to Science, she has never sought to ally herself to civil power. She has never attempted to throw odium or inflict social ruin on…
- The history of Science is not a mere record of isolated discoveries; it is a narrative of the conflict of two contending powers, the expansive…
- Experimental investigation, to borrow a phrase employed by Kepler respecting the testing of hypotheses, is "a very great thief of time." Sometimes it costs many…
- Is it not true that for every person the course of life is along the line of least resistance, and that in this the movement…
- Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment, least of all death, for…
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- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle
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- Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next… — Neil Armstrong
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
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- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. — Isaac Asimov
- When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society… — Isaac Asimov