Scientific Quotes

1781 Scientific quotes by 1069 unique authors

I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles. — Linus Pauling
It will remain remarkable, in whatever way our future concepts may develop, that the very study of the external world led to the scientific conclusion… — Alain Aspect
The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the… — Rupert Sheldrake
The Gaia Hypothesis of James Lovelock [and Lynn Margulis] puts forward a scientific view of the living Earth, which in one respect is modern, empherical,… — Rupert Sheldrake
There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the… — Max Born
When one analyzes the pre-conscious step to concepts, one always finds ideas which consist of 'symbolic images.' The first step to thinking is a painted… — Wolfgang Pauli
An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid. — Ernest Rutherford
The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research. — Paul Dirac
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds for the scientific… — James Q. Wilson
Wicked Tribe, Rooling Tribe! is the mejor hacker tribe. Too small, too fast, too scientific! — Tad Williams
As time passed I became an avid reader of popular scientific books, wanting to know as much as I could about the world in which… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
The bottom line about the information possessed by non-Western peoples is that the information becomes valid only when offered by a white scholar recognized by… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
This mindless tolerance, which places observable scientific facts, subject to proof, on the same level as unprovable supernatural fantasy, has played a major role in… — Susan Jacoby
Village cricket spread fast through the land. In those days before it became scientific, cricket was the best game in the world to watch, with… — G. M. Trevelyan
Today's scientific question is: What in the world is electricity? And where does it go after it leaves the toaster? — Dave Barry
It is at least scientifically respectable to postulate that at the centre of a black hole the laws of nature no longer apply. Since most… — William Golding
There are, and always have been, destructive pseudo-scientific notions linked to race and religion; these are the most widespread and damaging. Hopefully, educated people can… — Martin Gardner
The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic, predicts… — Che Guevara
The creation story unfurling within the scientific enterprise provides the fundamental context, the fundamental arena of meaning, for all the peoples of the Earth. For… — Brian Swimme
I hate climbers like Royal Robbins who are so superior. He doesn’t mean to be, he just is. He’s methodic, scientific, capable, and so competent… — Warren G. Harding
Until society can be reclaimed by an undivided humanity that will use its collective wisdom, cultural achievements, technological innovations, scientific knowledge, and innate creativity for… — Murray Bookchin
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the… — Stephen Leacock
FAITH. No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. It’s the poison that destroys… — PZ Myers
I want to set up a new standard: ‘scientific journalism.’ If you publish a paper on DNA, you are required, by all the good biological… — Julian Assange
The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other… — H. L. Mencken

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