Quotes About Science

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's overtime.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

There is scarcely any part of science or any thing in nature, which those impostors and blasphemers of science, called priests, as well as Christians and Jews, have not, at some time or other, perverted, or sought to pervert to the purpose of superst

The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before lastly, they say they always believed it.

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does

Art is I; science is we

I think science has enjoyed an extraordinary success because it has such a limited and narrow realm in which to focus its efforts. Namely, the physical universe.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.

There is no area of the world that should not be investigated by scientists. There will always remain some questions that have not been answered. In general, these are the questions that have not yet been posed.

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.

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.