- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Swarthmore, the Dean of Women was very opposed to women going into science or engineering - so opposed that if she couldn't talk a girl out of it, she just never had anything more to do with her for the four years she was there.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most kids at 10 or 11 love science, but I never outgrew it.
- Current State
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems presented in space science can inspire young people to push beyond the current state of the art.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love science fiction. There are ways in which this community kept me and my partner alive through some very, very bad years, and I will always acknowledge that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
The State of Israel must be at the forefront of global science - in physics, in mathematics, in medicine, in biology.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fantasy is fantasy. It's fiction. It's not meant to be a textbook. I don't believe in letting research overwhelm the fiction. That's a danger of science fiction in particular, as opposed to fantasy. A lot of writers forget that what they're doing is supposed to be art.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
All people who grew up with science fiction and fantasy and horror went through the whole acculturation process of the genre. We were all told to read the golden age writers. We were all told Heinlein and Asimov and all these straight, white males, although some of them were Jewish.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmothers on both sides chose not to go to doctors and passed away. We were entrenched in the Christian Science faith.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.
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- Nov 07, 2020