Quotes About Influence

By studying the masters and not their pupils.

Many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right here in Athens.

One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, reality.

Science can give us power over nature, but it cannot give us power over human nature.

Doctrine once sown strikes deep its root, and respect for antiquity influences all men.

[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad.

You have nothing to do but mention the quantum theory, and people will take your voice for the voice of science, and belive anything.

Virality isn't luck. It's not magic. And it's not random. There's a science behind why people talk and share. A recipe. A formula, even.

From Architecture down to the Zodiac, every science worthy of the name was imported by the Greeks

Science and knowledge, especially that of philosophy, came from the Arabs into the West.

It devolves upon the United States to help motorize the world.

Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other.

He who controls the spice controls the universe.

Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

A well known American writer said once that, while everybody talked about the weather, nobody seemed to do anything about it.

The plough is to the farmer what the wand is to the sorcerer. Its effect is really like sorcery.

The ruling power is always faced with the question, 'In such and such circumstances, what would you do?', whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

It is an axiom of political science in the United States that the sole means of neutralizing the effects of newspapers is to multiply their number.

No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.

Even though the realms of religion and science in themselves are clearly marked off from each other, nevertheless there exist between the two strong reciprocal relationships and dependencies.

Man not only survives and functions in his environment, he shapes it and he is shaped by it.

Science is too important not to be a part of popular culture.

Our survival, the future of our civilization, possibly the existence of mankind, depends on American leadership