- May
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Science Quotes
Science taken seriously, and occasionally not.
Most of these quotes come from people genuinely engaged with science, recalling museum trips that sparked early curiosity and admiring mathematics for tackling problems that actually have solutions. For quotes on scientific humor specifically, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Faith
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Science means constantly walking a tightrope between blind faith and curiosity; between expertise and creativity; between bias and openness; between experience and epiphany; between ambition and passion; and between arrogance and conviction - in short, between an old today and a new tomorrow.
- Commitment
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.
- Help
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
People seem to be afraid of science, and certainly, people seem to be afraid of mathematics. And I think that's such a shame, because I don't think it's as hard as people seem to think it is.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
People have this idea that if you're not brilliant like Einstein, you can't be a scientist. And that's just a myth. He was the one out of a million scientists, but there were 999,999 other scientists who were not as brilliant but who just do great science, as well.
- Know
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We need to know math to be a good scientist, but math is a language, and we need to learn the language because that's the language of science.
- Religion
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think religion and science operate in different regimes. Religion is a belief system that tries to give meaning and comprehension to peoples' lives. Science is more about the mechanics of the universe around us and the way in which it works. And I don't think those things have to be mutually exclusive.
- Politics
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Because exploration is not science driven, you've got to ask what is it driven by? And it's driven by politics.
- Failure
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who is willing for an instant to credit the claims of astral influence is a walking demonstration of the tragic failure of science education.
- Diversity
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The pressure to take irrelevant characteristics like race and sex into account in academic science is dangerous enough. But Silicon Valley continues to remake itself in the image of the campus diversity bureaucracy.
- Knowledge
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In these days when science is clearly in the saddle and when our knowledge of disease is advancing at a breathless pace, we are apt to forget that not all can ride and that he also serves who waits and who applies what the horseman discovers.
- Hope
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
For the last 30 years our cinemas have been ruled by science fiction and horror. We've had some very good Fantasy films in that time period, but for my tastes I still haven't seen fantasy done to absolute perfection. That is the hope I have in this project.
- Ever
- |
- Nov 07, 2020