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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
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most science fiction is based on our knowledge now and uses that to project the future.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
In history class, I wrote a poem, 'The Royalists and the Roundheads.' I would write poems about driftwood in art class and little stories about the sun, moon, and stars in science class. Since not many kids were writing in class, I got away with it.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular.
- Grad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an undergrad math major and a grad student in computer science. I'm hugely introverted, not atypical of math majors.
- Kind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spiderman was my favorite comic book character growing up. I'm a geek, so I love the fact Peter Parker is into science. And I gravitate towards short guys. I'm 5' 9" now, but in junior high, I got picked on because I was 4' 8".
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the U.S. you have a system of lobbying and influence on our policy and law makers which is incredibly pronounced. The gas industry spent $250 million getting an exemption from our Safe Water Act. Every one of those dollars is toxic; a contaminant in our political system. It disrupts the normal flow of justice, science, fact and reporting.
- Decide
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020