Quotes: Science

List of Science Quotes

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However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible. Lewis Mumford
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. Marie Curie
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. Charles Darwin
New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure. Herbert Hoover
Science is simply common sense at its best. That is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Thomas Huxley
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination. Bertrand Russell
Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. George Bernard Shaw
The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them. Sir William Bragg
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. Hippocrates

Notes

  • Last updated on July 30, 2015
  • Quotes: Science data as of July 30, 2015 courtesy of DirectoryJournal.