Could have been Quote by Richard Whately

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a…

— David Hilbert

Galileos still exist in science. Sometimes a lone proponent of a new idea turns out to be right.

— Kyle Hill

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

— Thomas Hardy

“It is undoubtedly true that Galileo didn’t intend to challenge the very theological foundations of the Church of Rome by observing the Moon through…

— Brian Cox

Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.

— Bill Condon

Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science.

— Stephen Hawking

Just because Galileo was a heretic doesn't make every heretic a Galileo.

— Jay Griffiths

“There was only one trial of Galileo, and yet it seems there were a thousand—the suppression of science by religion, the defense of individualism…

— Dava Sobel

“Actually, what we really need to remember about Galileo is that most of the people who use his name in argument could barely spell…

— Michael Coren

“Galileo’s genius resided not in his ability to understand the universe, but in his capacity to surrender that need to know so he could…

— David B. Agus

Galileo had already made a significant beginning toward a knowledge of the law of motion. He discovered the law of inertia and the law…

— Albert Einstein

Galileo was challenged because he declared a theory to be a fact and argued with the Church about the genuine meaning of the Bible.

— Michael Coren