Scientist Quotes

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Mental patterns do not originate out of inorganic nature. They originate out of society, which originates out of inorganic nature. And, as anthropologists know so… — Robert M. Pirsig
If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any… — Yann Martel
Perhaps if the year was 1447 instead of 1947 I might have hoodwinked my gentle nature by administering her some classical poison from a hollow… — Vladimir Nabokov
the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that,… — Albert Einstein
Properly speaking, should any individual ever have exact, clear knowledge of his own core consciousness?" "I wouldn't know," I said. "Nor would we," said the… — Haruki Murakami
In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive.… — Temple Grandin
It wasn't so long ago when all the so-called scientists said that humans were intelligent and that animals weren't, humans were the solitary unchallenged masters… — Robin McKinley
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you tell kids they're stupid--directly or indirectly--sooner or later they start to believe it. — Erin Gruwell
There are two men in each one of us: the scientist, he who starts with a clear field and desires to rise to the knowledge… — Louis Pasteur
See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that. — Douglas Adams
Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop… — Terry Pratchett
But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If… — Douglas Adams
If the universe is everything, and scientists say that the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? — Steven Wright
And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both… — Jostein Gaarder
Eventually scientists will discover something that explains ghosts, just like they discovered electricity, which explained lightning, and it might be something about people's brains, or… — Mark Haddon
Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or… — Carl Sagan
Because you have seen something doesn't mean you can explain it. Differing interpretations will always abound, even when good minds come to bear. The kernel… — Barry Lopez
If you stumble over mere believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask… — Yann Martel
Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in… — Dan Barker
I mean, how would anyone learn anything if they weren't curious? How would scientists make discoveries? -- We all have the right to be different,… — Annette Curtis Klause

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