Conception Quote by Konrad Lorenz

One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a…

— James D. Watson

A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

— James D. Watson

People have this idea that if you're not brilliant like Einstein, you can't be a scientist. And that's just a myth. He was the…

— Heidi Hammel

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom.

— Max Born

The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what…

— Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Scientists are not the paragons of rationality, objectivity, openmindedness and humility that many of them might like others to believe.

— Marcello Truzzi

Outside of their particular area of expertise scientists are just as dumb as the next person.

— Richard P. Feynman

“People confuse science and scientists. Science is great, but individual scientists are dangerous. They are human; they are marred by the biases humans have.…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.

— Douglas Adams

Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they are specialized, are just as ordinary, pig-headed, and unreasonable as everybody else, and…

— Hans Eysenck

A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.

— Joss Whedon

Scientific greatness is less a matter of intelligence than character; if the scientist refuses to compromise or accept incomplete answers and persists in grappling…

— Albert Einstein