20th century Quote by Edgar Mitchell

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.

— Steven Weinberg

When confronted with the order and beauty of the universe and the strange coincidences of nature, it's very tempting to take the leap of…

— Tony Rothman

“Where misunderstanding dwells, misuse will not be far behind. No theory in the history of science has been more misused and abused by cranks…

— Sean Carroll

Science has, after all, made some colossal blunders in the past... Our current materialism and its rejection of the idea of a spirit or…

— Susan Blackmore

Science is unpoetic only to minds jaundiced with sentiment and romanticism . . . the great masters of the past boasted all they could…

— Ezra Pound

In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference may have been, has resulted…

— Andrew Dickson White

[Science] has challenged the super-eminence of religion; it has turned all philosophy out of doors except that which clings to its skirts; it has…

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries…

— Stephen Hawking

As the twentieth century began, science equaled a materialistic worldview. As the twenty-first century began, the worldview of science, at least of physics and…

— Huston Smith

Quantum physics is no longer an abstract theory for specialists. We must now absolutely include it in our education and also in our culture.

— Claude Cohen-Tannoudji

Science is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.

— Carl Sagan

The benefits of science are not to be reckoned only in terms of the physical.

— Henry Taube