Scientists Quotes

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Our national policies will not be revoked or modified, even for scientists. If the dismissal of Jewish scientists means the annihilation of contemporary German science,… — Adolf Hitler
Science is uncertain. Theories are subject to revision; observations are open to a variety of interpretations, and scientists quarrel amongst themselves. This is disillusioning for… — Isaac Asimov
The weeds of a seemingly learned and brilliant but actually trivial and empty philosophy of Nature which, after having been replaced some 50 years ago… — Hermann Kolbe
A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the scientist in every small boy. Others must outgrow it. Scientists… — George Wald
A scientifically unimportant discovery is one which, however true and however interesting for other reasons, has no consequences for a system of theory with which… — Talcott Parsons
Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them. — Mark Twain
Such an atmosphere is un-American, the most un-American thing we have to contend with today. It is the climate of a totalitarian country in which… — Harry S. Truman
To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science. Once a field… — Thomas Kuhn
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by… — Martin Gardner
Scientists have been struck by the fact that things that break down virtually never get lost, while things that get lost hardly ever break down. — Russell Baker
Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
[I shall not] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There are no rules, only the… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
In recent weeks we learned that scientists have created human embryos in test tubes solely to experiment on them. This is deeply troubling, and a… — George W. Bush
It is folly to use as one's guide in the selection of fundamental science the criterion of utility. Not because (scientists)... despise utility. But because.… — John Charles Polanyi
I knew, however, that it would cost ten times what I had available in order to build a molecular beam machine. I decided to follow… — John Charles Polanyi
If we are honest - and scientists have to be - we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis… — Paul Dirac
The historian of science may be tempted to claim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them. Led by a new paradigm, scientists… — Thomas Kuhn
Let me say that I don't see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do. I share with… — Martin Rees
I don't have an issue with what you do in the church but I'm going to be up in your face if you're going to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject conflicting… — Ian Stevenson

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