642 quotes found
“We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.”
“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”
“We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.”
“If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.”
“It is easy to overlook this thought that life just is. As humans we are inclined to feel that life must have a point. We have plans and aspirations and desires. We want to take constant advantage o...”
“Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature. ”
“In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively comb...”
“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”
“No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right a single experiment can prove me wrong.”
“Wonder is the seed of knowledge”
“We are all star stuff.”
“Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always.”
“A society's competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity.”
“A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.”
“Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor...”
“We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.”
“When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.”
“Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it. ”
“You know what's wrong with scientific power? It's a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.”
“Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.”
