Accounts Quote by William James

Science can only state what is, not what should be.

— Albert Einstein

Science herself consults her heart when she lays it down that the infinite ascertainment of fact and correction of false belief are the supreme…

— William James

Science appears but what in truth she is, Not as our glory and our absolute boast, But as a succedaneum, and a prop To…

— William Wordsworth

“[All good research scientists understand that] no position is unassailable. There are no absolute truth in science. Authority counts for nothing when contradicted by…

— Brian Cox

When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey.

— Jules Verne

“Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value, elly judgments of all kinds remain necessary.”

— Albert Einstein

“...science, to quote your own words, is nothing else than a 'strange hankering after differences'. Her essence could not be better defined. For men…

— Hermann Hesse

You must not say that this cannot be, or that that is contrary to nature. You do not know what Nature is, or what…

— Charles Kingsley

Science is voiceless; it is the scientists who talk.

— Simone Weil

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

— Ernest Rutherford

"Science" is pedantic, arrogant, esoteric and often insane.

— Herbert M. Shelton

It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or at least…

— George Gaylord Simpson