Quotes About Discovery

What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?

It's really quite astounding to see what the science says we can actually do.

The game of science can accurately be described as a never-ending insult to human intelligence.

...it's the process of losing oneself in the jungle that makes science worth doing.

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.

Science is a collection of stories, linking characters worthy of notice.

The region of the mysterious is rapidly shrinking.

And Elvex said, "I was the man." - In "Robot dreams" (Short story)

All of science is nothing more than the refinement of everyday thinking.

Even if ninety-nine percent of what you discover is later proven wrong, it is the one percent that is right that matters.

Nature is a better scientist than any human can ever be.

Sci-fi opens the way in mind for the new science.

Science is to be much commended for the ingenuity, the patience, and the persistency it displays in the invention of instruments wherewith to ferret out the secrets of nature.

Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.

Science is much better at finding things that exist than at ruling out things that don't.

In the firmament of science Mayer and Joule constitute a double star, the light of each being in a certain sense complementary to that of the other.

Science is the best idea humans have ever had.

In space you don't stop.

It's only when you've pieced together a story in several different ways that you realise where the holes are, discover the knowledge that is still missing, the questions you still need to ask.

We especially need imagination in science.

Science transcends the personal domain of beliefs. You can see the grace of Science in every direction of the human universe.

Forget scientists. The next space launch we should send up painters, poets and musicians. I'd be more interested in what they discover than anything that takes place in a test tube.