Diminish Quote by Hannes Alfven

Scientists tend to build a reputation on refuting the theories of those who have gone before. Yet, whatever we hypothesize, observe, measure or record…

— Robert Winston

Scientists tend to risk theories they admire

— Stephen Hawking

Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that…

— Walter Gilbert

Scientists tend to come in two stripes: those who have tremendous appetite and aptitude for the details, and those who illuminate the big picture.…

— Carolyn Porco

If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for…

— Brian Cox

Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.

— B. F. Skinner

Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.

— Bill Bryson

Think of a single problem confronting the world today. Disease, poverty, global warming... If the problem is going to be solved, it is science…

— Bill Bryson

There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.

— Bill Bryson

“... Mr Jellyband was indeed a typical rural John Bull of those days --- the days when our prejudiced insularity was at its height,…

— Baroness Orczy

“But there is no doubt that to attempt a novel of ideas is to give oneself a handicap: the parochialism of our culture is…

— Doris Lessing

“Parochialism and provincialism are direct opposites. A provincial is always trying to live by other people's loves, but a parochial is self-sufficient.”

— Patrick Kavanagh