Quotes About Discovery

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order.

In science we don't have prophets. We have heroes, but not prophets.

Science is the discovery of how God does things.

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.

Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.

Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment.

Science is practical philosophy.

Wonder is the seed of knowledge

We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.

If one were not animated with the desire to discover laws, they would escape the most enlightened attention.

Sometimes a good idea comes to you when you are not looking for it. Through an improbable combination of coincidence, naivete and lucky mistakes.

I have looked further into space than ever human being did before me. I have observed stars of which the light, it can be proved, must take two million years to reach the earth.

I have looked farther into space than ever a human being did before me.

At lunch Francis [Crick] winged into the Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life.

The Microbe is so very small You cannot make him out at all, But many sanguine people hope To see him through a microscope.

The difference between the amoeba and Einstein is that, although both make use of the method of trial and error elimination, the amoeba dislikes erring while Einstein is intrigued by it.

In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation.

No one gets teased for being a geek anymore- science is the new rock n roll

As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.

Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant.

Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals.

Only when Genius is married to Science can the highest results be produced.