Quotes About Science

She turned another page. "If everyone can do it, it's science. If only a few can, then it's witchcraft, or superstition, or whatever you like to call it," she said. "But it's real." She looked up at me, green eyes bright as a snake's over the crumbling book. "We're real, Claire—you and me. And special. Have ye never asked yourself why?" I

If everyone can do it, it's science. If only a few can, then it's witchcraft, or superstition, or whatever you like to call it, she said. But it's real.

Well, I say it is the place of science only to observe," he said. "To seek cause where it may be found, but to realize that there are many things in the world for which no cause shall be found; not because it does not exist, but because we know too little to find it. It is not the place of science to insist on explanation—but only to observe, in hopes that the explanation will manifest itself.

people will treat with disdain such phenomena as are proved by the evidence of the senses, and commonly experienced—while they will defend to the death the reality of a phenomenon which they have neither seen nor experienced. "Faith is as powerful a force as science," he concluded, voice soft in the darkness, "—but far more dangerous.

And below, the notebook filled with fine cursive script, laying out in strict order conclusion and delusion, mingling myth and science, drawing from learned men and legends, all of it based on the power of dreams. To any casual observer, it could be either a muddle of half-thought-out nonsense or, at best, the outline for a clever-silly novel. Only to me did it have the look of a careful, deliberate plan. In

The maxillary muscles run from the sagittal crest at the top of the skull to an insertion on the mandible," I thought, dimly recalling the description from Grey's Anatomy.

And the chief difference is this: that people will treat with disdain such phenomena as are proved by the evidence of the senses, and commonly experienced—while they will defend to the death the reality of a phenomenon which they have neither seen nor experienced. "Faith is as powerful a force as science," he concluded, voice soft in the darkness, "—but far more dangerous.

Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs.

The ideas associated with the problems of the development of science, as far as I can see by looking around me, are not of the kind that everyone appreciates.

Nobody ever told us all matter radiated. We just assumed it did.

Astrology is interesting but not very accurate. It's a science I don't trust very much.

In the '60s astronauts were rockstars. Everyone wanted to be an astronaut.

We thought of Uranus's atmosphere as pretty much dead. And it's not.

In 1820, the average lifespan was just 26 years. Twenty-six years!

Our society, the dominant culture doesn't like science. It doesn't like technology.

I'm a fan of Douglas Adams, yes.

If you put me in a real Tardis, I dread to think what would happen to the universe.

You see, I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America.

Track and field is definitely a science and each year as an athlete you try to develop and become stronger.

The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice.

Many people thought that, given my knowledge of the egg, I should analyse embryonic mutants.

Science has become politicized, and that's an embarrassment.

As technology and science advances, I think the ability to alter yourself should be embraced.

What is the engine that drives economic growth in an ideopolis? The university.