Premature Quote by Jean Rostand Download Open image “Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.” — Jean Rostand ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Premature Science Scientist Truth
No scientist ever believes that he has the final answer or the ultimate truth on anything. — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
A scientist is never certain. ... We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
In summoning even the wisest of physicians to our aid, it is probably that he is relying upon a scientific "truth", the error of… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Luckily, even when people are shouting lies, the truth is undamaged. Science doesn't matter what you believe. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
“I have never encountered scientists who admit the simple truth: Our scientific achievements have repeatedly jeopardized humanity.” — Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science Copy Share Image
Le biologiste passe, la grenouille reste. The biologist passes, the frog remains. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a state of finality... And… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Premature ideas do not exist, one must bide one's time until the right moment comes along. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
There are many aspects of the universe that still cannot be explained satisfactorily by science; but ignorance implies only ignorance that may someday be… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised?… — Sachin Tendulkar Copy Share Image
“While nuclear fusion is great achievement, it is important that we look into the negative aspects of it. The development of nuclear energy in… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
Anybody who knows about having a premature baby, it's horrific. He was part of a twin, and I lost his sister. — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, you are far more likely to be harmed or die prematurely as a direct result of modern society than you are from any… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Perhaps the seeds of false-refinement, immorality, and vanity, have ever been shed by the great. Weak, artificial beings, raised above the common wants and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
