Able Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences. [All the other sciences] have a relation, greater or lesser, to…

— David Hume

The sciences which take socio-historical reality as their subject matter are seeking, more intensively than ever before, their systematic relations to one another and…

— Wilhelm Dilthey

Outside his own ever-narrowing field of specialization, a scientist is a layman. What members of an academy of science have in common is a…

— Erwin Chargaff

The sciences are of a sociable disposition, and flourish best in the neighborhood of each other; nor is there any branch of learning but…

— William Blackstone

Interest in the pseudo-sciences has become extraordinary.

— Gerhard Herzberg

The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry,…

— Anonymous

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.

— Herbert Spencer

In the sciences particularly the large public universities must and do take an active role in fostering creativity and independence; otherwise the fields will…

— Noam Chomsky

“How do we change the way science is taught? Ask anybody how many teachers truly made a difference in their life, and you never…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual and collective…

— Nicholas A. Christakis

I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions.

— Richard Ernst

The most important of all sciences man can and must learn is the science of living so as to do the least evil and…

— Leo Tolstoy