Inspirational Quote by David M. Knight

The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked forever with…

— Max Delbruck

When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level

— Brian Greene

Both Newton and Darwin were driven by the data and were forced to recognize that they couldn't explain everything. It may be a characteristic…

— Lewis Wolpert

[Great scientists] are men of bold ideas, but highly critical of their own ideas: they try to find whether their ideas are right by…

— Karl Popper

“Of course the Curies died. They identified ionizing radiation while bathing in it. There were risks involved in being your own guinea pig. But…

— Max Barry

They're a lot of great scientists and their mission is to protect people. It's the Environmental Protection Agency, but it's really a people protection…

— Josh Fox

The lives of those such as Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein are plainly of interest in their own right, as well as for the…

— Martin Rees

Science will always raise philosophical questions like, is any scientific theory or model correct? How do we know? Are unobserved things real? etc. and…

— Tim Crane

“I come from a religious tradition where we make a blessing over great scientists regardless of their views on religion.”

— Jonathan Sacks

“At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits, and who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are endeavoring to…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

How did scientists get money in the past? They were either lucky and independently wealthy, like Darwin, or they had patrons, like Galileo. Universities…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Of course it would be great to have more scientists in Congress. But what I'd love is to have another Lyndon Johnson in Congress…

— Ro Khanna