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1574 Scientist quotes by 998 unique authors

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original… — Freeman Dyson
Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist. — Freeman Dyson
It's as great a part of the human adventure to invent things as to understand them. John Randall wasn't a great scientist, but he was… — Freeman Dyson
I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs. — James Dyson
The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where,… — Sylvia Earle
Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious. — Umberto Eco
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. — Albert Einstein
There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here… — Ralph Ellison
The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for… — Philip Emeagwali
As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment improves it. — Susan Faludi
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. — Richard P. Feynman
I met with amnesiacs and savants, educators and scientists, to try to understand what memory is, why it works, why it sometimes doesn't, and what… — Joshua Foer
I know I love sexy surf guitars, I know I love loud snare. I love really simple repeating bass lines, and I love weird mad… — Kathleen Hanna
I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is wrong in any deep sense… — Sam Harris
Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic, human sanity. In… — Sam Harris
It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum. — Sam Harris
If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and… — Stephen Hawking
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. — Stephen Hawking
Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world. — Stephen Hawking
Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian. — Levon Helm
The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to… — Mike Huckabee
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians. — Henrik Ibsen
I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. — Steve Irwin
Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running experiments. — Daniel Kahneman

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