Science Quotes

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself.

To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope.

Meteorology has ever been an apple of contention, as if the violent commotions of the atmosphere induced a sympathetic effect on the minds of those who have attempted to study them.

I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals.

In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.

The world of chemical reactions is like a stage, on which scene after scene is ceaselessly played. The actors on it are the elements.

The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection.

To endow animals with human emotions has long been a scientific taboo. But if we do not, we risk missing something fundamental, about both animals and us.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.

Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems.

Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.

The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.

How many roads must a man walk down?

Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, but more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

It is the rule which says that the other rules of scientific procedure must be designed in such a way that they do not protect any statement in science against falsification.

The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.

The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

It is folly to think that we can destroy one species and ecosystem after another and not affect humanity. When we save species, we're actually saving ourselves.

In science, there are no universal truths, just views of the world that have yet to be shown to be false.

The universe is a single atom: the convergence of science and spirituality.

Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men.

There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians, Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein.

Do not become archivists of facts. Try to penetrate to the secret of their occurrence, persistently search for the laws which govern them.

Organic chemistry is the study of organs; inorganic chemistry is the study of the insides of organs.

Although each of us obviously inhabits a separate physical body, the laboratory data from a hundred years of parapsychology research strongly indicate that there is no separation in consciousness.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.

The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

The deepest level of truth uncovered by science, & by philosophy, is the fundamental truth of unity. At that deepest subnuclear level of our reality, you & i are literally one.

To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as a fertilizer.

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try.

If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.

First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems.

Man will never reach the Moon, regardless of all future scientific advances.

Faraday is, and must always remain, the father of that enlarged science of electromagnetism.

There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.

If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote for another blowout.

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

The step between practical and theoretic science, is the step between the miner and the geologist, the apocathecary and the chemist.

Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.

Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.

I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.