Quotes About Science

I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.

Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science.

Science and technology has tried to offer an alternative to religion by making a god out of human reason, but that didn't work out too well.

The development of science is basically a social phenomenon, dependent on hard work and mutual support of many scientists and on the societies in which they live.

If the models are as flawed as critics say you have to ask yourself, 'How come they work?'

Intuitive powers played a central role in my scientific work, not wild speculation, yet a valued resource when no other approach was available.

I approach cooking from a science angle because I need to understand how things work. If I understand the egg, I can scramble it better. It's a simple as that.

I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy.

The wise individual doesn't get too attached to any of life's pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it's bad for him.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.

In a purely technical sense, each species of higher organism-beetle, moss, and so forth, is richer in information than a Caravaggio painting, Mozart symphony, or any other great work of art.

I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted.

When the chemistry is right, all the experiments work.

Lysenkoism: A forlorn attempt not merely to colonize the botanical kingdom, but to instill a proper sense of the puritan work ethic and the merits of self-improvement.

You know what, we don't know diddley squat about brains and no one has a clue how these things work, so don't believe what anyone tells you.

What we won't do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is the equivalent of "true scientific discourse." It isn't.

We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientific work.

Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons and electrons.

We seem to be the only software company for girls that is pushing science and getting away from stereotypical behavior.

Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.

The whole point of cryopreserving only one's head is based on the idea that one can simply grow in the laboratory an entire new body, without a head, and stick it onto the cryopreserved head.

What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.

DNA is a 'thing' - a chemical that sticks to your fingers.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.