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Science Quotes

1.
An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God.
Srinivasa Ramanujan

'A formula is of no use to me unless it conveys the insight of a Higher Power.'
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2.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done-men who are creative, inventive, and discovers. The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical, can verify, and not accept everything they are offered.
Jean Piaget

3.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
Galileo Galilei

Uncovering truths is simple once they are found; the challenge lies in locating them.
4.
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
Benjamin Franklin

Whoever would undermine the freedom of a nation must start by constraining the expressiveness of speech.
5.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
Omar Khayyam

The Inscribing Hand inscribes; and, having inscribed, Progresses onward: not all your Devotion nor Intelligence Can coax it back to amend a single Phrase, Nor all your Weeping erase a Syllable of it.
6.
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.
Alexander Hamilton

7.
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity.
Marie Curie

8.
No, it is a very interesting number, it is the smallest number expressible as a sum of two cubes in two different ways.
Srinivasa Ramanujan

'No, it is a highly captivating number, it is the least figure expressible as a total of two cubes in two distinct ways.'
9.
Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.
Marie Curie

No element of the universe should be dreaded... merely comprehended.
10.
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.
Galileo Galilei

Mathematics is the lexicon with which the Creator has composed the cosmos.
11.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
Pythagoras

The harmonic vibration of strings has a mathematical structure, and the placement of heavenly bodies creates a celestial symphony.
12.
We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they are.
Lewis Howard Latimer

We forge our future, by capitalizing on present chances: however restricted and minor they may be.
13.
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.
Herbert Spencer

A maxim which obviates all knowledge, that is sure to confine a person in perpetual ignorance-that maxim is scorn before exploration.
14.
You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.
Rosalind Franklin

15.
To preserve my brains I want food and this is now my first consideration. Any sympathetic letter from you will be helpful to me here to get a scholarship.
Srinivasa Ramanujan

I desire sustenance to maintain my cognitive faculties, and this is now my most important thought. Any kindhearted communication from you will be beneficial to me in obtaining a grant.
16.
One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.
Zoroaster

One kind act is worth a myriad supplications.
17.
Once I got into space, I was feeling very comfortable in the universe. I felt like I had a right to be anywhere in this universe, that I belonged here as much as any speck of stardust, any comet, any planet.
Mae Jemison

18.
My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?
Wernher von Braun

My encounters with the scientific world directed me to a higher power. They urge science to demonstrate that God does indeed exist. Yet do we truly need to illuminate a flame to perceive the daylight?
19.
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery has its own beauty.
Marie Curie

20.
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
Galileo Galilei

'The Scriptures demonstrate how to ascend to paradise, not how the cosmos operates.'
21.
The source from which existing things derive their existence is also that to which they return at their destruction.
Anaximander

The origin from which existing things obtain their being is likewise that to which they revert at their dissolution.
22.
There are many worlds and many systems of Universes existing all at the same time, all of them perishable.
Anaximander

Countless planes of existence coexisting concurrently, all transient.
23.
For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Roentgen fogged some photographic plates. And these people knew enough to translate ordinary happenings into something new.
Alexander Fleming

24.
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.
Louis Pasteur

'Knowledge has no boundaries, for it is the beacon of light that illuminates the globe.'
25.
Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.
Wernher von Braun

Technology does not have an ethical aspect. It is comparable to a blade. If given to a doctor or an assassin, both will use it in divergent ways.
26.
Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.
Edgar Allan Poe

27.
I am not accustomed to saying anything with certainty after only one or two observations.
Andreas Vesalius

I am not confident in making any definitive declarations based on only a few observations.
28.
All sciences originated among the sons of Israel, the reason being the existence of prophecy among them which made their perfection in the sciences amazing.
Averroes

The incredible intellectual prowess of the progeny of Israel, owing to the presence of prophecy among them, has been the birthplace of all knowledge.
29.
It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal man, aided by science and directed by superior skill.
Henry Tudor

It undeniably astonishes onlookers to witness how monumental hurdles can be overcome by the minimal strength of mere mortals, backed up by knowledge and guided by expert proficiency.
30.
Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
Alan Turing

Science is an algorithm; Religion is a limitation.
31.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
Richard P. Feynman

Physics is akin to lovemaking: while it can yield tangible outcomes, that is not the primary motivation.
32.
The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of Observations on material and obvious things.
Robert Hooke

33.
One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.
Alexander Fleming

Unanticipated outcomes can be stumbled upon.
34.
The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
Wernher von Braun

The rocket performed admirably, except for it ending up on an inappropriate celestial body.
35.
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Frank Zappa

Deviating from the status quo is essential for advancement.
36.
I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind.
Lord Kelvin

37.
Matter, though divisible in an extreme degree, is nevertheless not infinitely divisible. That is, there must be some point beyond which we cannot go in the division of matter. ... I have chosen the word “atom” to signify these ultimate particles.
John Dalton

38.
Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.
Eliezer Yudkowsky

Moore's Axiom of Catastrophic Creativity: Every eighteen months, the minimum intellect required to annihilate the planet diminishes by one.
39.
The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
Aristotle

The principled individual must prioritize veracity over public opinion.
40.
Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.
Archimedes

Provide me a base and an adequate tool, and I can alter the planet.
41.
When I'm asked about the relevance to Black people of what I do, I take that as an affront. It presupposes that Black people have never been involved in exploring the heavens, but this is not so. Ancient African empires - Mali, Songhai, Egypt - had scientists, astronomers. The fact is that space and its resources belong to all of us, not to any one group.
Mae Jemison

42.
Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.
Lise Meitner

43.
...the avocado is a food without rival among the fruits, the veritable fruit of paradise
David Fairchild

The avocado is an unparalleled culinary delight amongst fruits, a true ambrosia of the Gods.
44.
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
Michael Faraday

'Nothing is too miraculous to be attainable, if it complies with the regulations of nature.'
45.
As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.
Max Planck

46.
All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.
Ernest Rutherford

'The entirety of physics is either inconceivable or straightforward. It appears impenetrable until comprehended, and then it becomes facile.'
47.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Democritus

'Nothing is real except molecules and vacant space; all else is a viewpoint.'
48.
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Zora Neale Hurston

Investigation is systematic inquiry. It is exploring and examining with an aim.
49.
Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward.
Lewis Howard Latimer

Regular watchfulness and tenacity will often yield considerable gains.
50.
It is in the nature of water ... to become transformed into earth through a predominating earthy virtue; ... it is in the nature of earth to become transformed into water through a predominating aqueous virtue.
Avicenna