- People
- |
- 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
- Experience
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience.
- Only
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.
- Only
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.
- Die
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science.
- Support
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.
- Journey
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
- Never
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it. It is civilizing because it puts truth ahead of all else, including personal interests.
- Beginning
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science's story.
- Done
- |
- Nov 07, 2020