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It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.

— Felix Bloch

It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not…

— Bertrand Russell

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

A scientist is as weak and human as any man, but the pursuit of science may ennoble him even against his will.

— Isaac Asimov

A scientist has to be neutral in his search for the truth, but he cannot be neutral as to the use of that truth…

— Anonymous

The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty.

— Marshall McLuhan

“Every scientist should, after all, regard it as his duty to tell the public, in a generally intelligible way, about what he is doing”

— Konrad Lorenz

most people prefer to carry out the kinds of experiments that allow the scientist to feel that he is in full control of the…

— Margaret Mead

If you're living with a scientist, you see the world differently than you do with a humanist. It's in some ways very subtle, the…

— Joyce Carol Oates

In science, the kind of evidence matters; all unlikelihoods are not created equal.

— Kyle Hill

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

Scientist believe in things, not in person

— Marie Curie