Scientist Quotes

1574 Scientist quotes by 998 unique authors

Over the years, many Americans have made sacrifices in order to promote freedom and human rights around the globe: the heroic actions of our veterans,… — George H. W. Bush
There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
During peace time a scientist belongs to the World, but during war time he belongs to his country. — Fritz Haber
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that when… — P.J. O'Rourke
Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good. — John Charles Polanyi
The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does. — Martin Gardner
At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software… — Tony Hoare
A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions. — Frederick Seitz
Scientists have one thing in common with children: curiosity. To be a good scientist you must have kept this trait of childhood, and perhaps it… — Otto Robert Frisch
The social scientist is in a difficult, if not impossible position. On the one hand there is the temptation to see all of society as… — Richard Lewontin
The one experience that I hope every student has at some point in their lives is to have some belief you profoundly, deeply hold, proved… — Lawrence M. Krauss
As a scientist, I don't believe anything. Science shouldn't use the word belief. There are things more likely and less likely. Science can say nothing… — Lawrence M. Krauss
It has been a fortunate fact in the modern history of physical science that the scientist constructing a new theoretical system has nearly always found… — Unknown Author
When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he is ignorant. When he has a hunch as to what the result is, he… — Richard P. Feynman
For the third year in a row, the United States has set a record for winter warmth, federal scientists reported yesterday. With an average temperature… — William K. Stevens
Science has so far been unable to tell us how self-aware dogs are, much less whether they have anything like our conscious thoughts. This is… — John Bradshaw
A man who wants the truth becomes a scientist; a man who wants to give free play to his subjectivity may become a writer; but… — Robert Musil
You don't need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone. I think you do to use an Android phone, — Steve Ballmer
I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists — Tony Abbott
I’m not a scientist either, but I can use my brain, and I can talk to one, — Charlie Crist
Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. — Charles Duhigg
Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. — Donald Cram
I think a good movie would be about a guy who's a brain scientist, but he gets hit on the head and it damages the… — Jack Handey
I wish scientists would come up with a way to make dogs a lot bigger, but with a smaller head. That way, they'd still be… — Jack Handey
If one looks at the works of Newton to Einstein, they were never scientists in the way modernity understands the term. — Bruno Latour

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