Science Quotes

"Science is a cooperative enterprise spanning the generations. When it permits us to see the far side of some previously unrecognized frontier, we become more completely human" "Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known" "It is better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion however satisfying and reassuring" "The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science" "The great advances of civilization whether in architecture or painting in science or literature in industry or agriculture have never come from centralized government" "We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry." "Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the next" "The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible." "The beauty of the cosmos is that it lies in the magnificent potentials of life to understand it" "Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose" "Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law" "The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice" "A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education." "I would rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia" "You can't have people saying that evolution is only an option among many. When you have scientific consensus, it’s always better than opinions." "The scientific method is doing its job rendering old theories obsolete or true in scope than previously thought." "People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific fact. This is a clear indication that temporarily, the inmates are running the asylum." "When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier." "Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence" "Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion"