Science Quotes

Science is the long, slow process of replacing "I believe" with "I know." These quotes explore discovery, curiosity, the scientific method, and the awe that comes from understanding even a small piece of how the universe actually works.

“Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years.”

Jared Diamond

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“Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.”

Paul Valery

“There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.”

Andrew Bird

“In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by.”

Steve Wozniak

“I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.”

Neil LaBute

“Unfortunately things are different in climate science because the arguments have become heavily politicised. To say that the dogmas are wrong has become politically incorrect.”

Freeman Dyson

“Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so often have been in conflict.”

Kenneth L. Pike

“Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.”

Ashley Montagu

“My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.”

Esther Williams

“We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.”

Carl Sagan

“Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.”

John Charles Polanyi

“Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago.”

Tony Visconti

“The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.”

Gertrude Stein

“Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.”

Jay Leno

“Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology and mineralogy. But he was quite bitter at the way in which many scientists refused to grant him a hearing because he was a poet and therefore, they felt, he couldn't be serious.”

Stephen Jay Gould

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