Cutting Quote by Guy Debord

“In its encounter with Nature, science invariably elicits a sense of reverence and awe. The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining,…

— Carl Sagan

Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to…

— Rabindranath Tagore

“Real understanding of any scientific subject must include some knowledge of its historical growth; we cannot comprehend and accept modern concepts and theories without…

— Colin Cherry

Science is the topography of ignorance. From a few elevated points we triangulate vast spaces, inclosing infinite unknown details. We cast the lead, and…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

It is clear that while science provides insights into the complexity of the world around us, those insights...present a fractured mosaic rather than a…

— David Suzuki

“Nothing is so fatal to the progress of the human mind as to suppose our views of science are ultimate; that there are no…

— Humphrey Davy

As the world of science has grown in size and in power, its deepest problems have changed from the epistemological to the social.

— Jerome Ravetz

[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

If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance…

— Jerry A. Coyne

“Scientific truth is characterized by its exactness and the rigorous quality of its assumptions. But experimental science wins these admirable qualities at the cost…

— José Ortega y Gasset

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

— Ezra Pound

Science is not sacrosanct. The mere fact that it exists, is admired, has results is not sufficient for making it a measure of excellence.…

— Paul Feyerabend