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Science39 quotes
Moreover, in a system of two bodies mutually acting upon each other, since the differences between their centres and the common centre of gravity of both are reciprocally as the bodies, the relative motions of those bodies, whether of approaching to or of receding from that centre, will be equal junong themselves. Therefore since the changes which happen to motions are equal and directed to contrary parts. — Isaac Newton · 1687Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. — Adam Smith · 1776The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. — Albert Einstein · 1936The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of every day thinking. — Albert Einstein · 1936Ignorance 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 · 1871There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. — Hippocrates · 370 BCAll 39 quotes →Science and religion7 quotes
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. — Adam Smith · 1776In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012From religion comes a man's purpose; from science his power to achieve it. — William Henry Bragg · 1920There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. — Albert Einstein · 1940In disputes about natural phenomena one must begin not with the authority of Scriptural passage but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations. For the Holy Scripture and nature derive equally from the Godhead, the former as the dictation of the Holy Spirit and the latter as the most obedient executrix of God's orders. — Galileo Galilei · 1615All 7 quotes →Religion5 quotes
In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012From religion comes a man's purpose; from science his power to achieve it. — William Henry Bragg · 1920There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. — Albert Einstein · 1940The priest persuades humble people to endure their hard lot; the politician urges them to rebel against it; and the scientist thinks of a method that does away with the hard lot altogether. — Max Perutz · 1989Scientific method4 quotes
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of every day thinking. — Albert Einstein · 1936There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. — Hippocrates · 370 BCIn disputes about natural phenomena one must begin not with the authority of Scriptural passage but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations. For the Holy Scripture and nature derive equally from the Godhead, the former as the dictation of the Holy Spirit and the latter as the most obedient executrix of God's orders. — Galileo Galilei · 1615We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive. — Antoine Lavoisier · 1789Scientific progress4 quotes
As in political revolutions, so in paradigm choice-there is no standard higher than the the assent of the relevant community. To discover how scientific revolutions are effected, we shall therefore have to examine not only the impact of nature and of logic, but also the techniques of persuasive argumentation effective within the quite special groups that constitute the community of scientists. — Thomas Kuhn · 1962To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing a new truth or fact. — Charles Darwin · 1879I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race. — Thomas Love Peacock · 1860The priest persuades humble people to endure their hard lot; the politician urges them to rebel against it; and the scientist thinks of a method that does away with the hard lot altogether. — Max Perutz · 1989Nature of science3 quotes
All science is either physics or stamp collecting. — Ernest Rutherford · 1962Science is whatever we want it to be. — Dr. Spaceman · 2007Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition. — Stephen Jay Gould · 1990Art2 quotes
Art is meant to disturb, science reassures. — Georges Braque · 1952Without Art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without Science, we should always worship false gods. — W.H. Auden · 1962Art and science2 quotes
Art is meant to disturb, science reassures. — Georges Braque · 1952Without Art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without Science, we should always worship false gods. — W.H. Auden · 1962Mathematics2 quotes
The great advantage of the mathematical sciences above the moral consists in this, that the ideas of the former, being sensible, are always clear and determinate. — David Hume · 1748Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions. — Benjamin Peirce · 1870Politics2 quotes
The pursuit of scientific truth, detached from the practical interests of everyday life, ought to be treated as sacred by every government. — Albert Einstein · 1934The priest persuades humble people to endure their hard lot; the politician urges them to rebel against it; and the scientist thinks of a method that does away with the hard lot altogether. — Max Perutz · 1989Purpose of science2 quotes
From religion comes a man's purpose; from science his power to achieve it. — William Henry Bragg · 1920The grand aim of all science [is] to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest possible number of hypotheses or axioms. — Albert Einstein · 1948Cause and effect1 quote
Moreover, in a system of two bodies mutually acting upon each other, since the differences between their centres and the common centre of gravity of both are reciprocally as the bodies, the relative motions of those bodies, whether of approaching to or of receding from that centre, will be equal junong themselves. Therefore since the changes which happen to motions are equal and directed to contrary parts. — Isaac Newton · 1687Common sense1 quote
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of every day thinking. — Albert Einstein · 1936Credit1 quote
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. — Francis Darwin · 1914Discovery1 quote
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. — Francis Darwin · 1914Disenchanted world1 quote
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. — Mark Twain · 1880Downsides of progress1 quote
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. — Mark Twain · 1880Facts1 quote
We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive. — Antoine Lavoisier · 1789God1 quote
There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894God of the gaps1 quote
There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894Human fallibility1 quote
Errors are not in the art, but in the artificers. — Isaac Newton · 1687Ignorance1 quote
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 · 1871Laws of physics1 quote
Moreover, in a system of two bodies mutually acting upon each other, since the differences between their centres and the common centre of gravity of both are reciprocally as the bodies, the relative motions of those bodies, whether of approaching to or of receding from that centre, will be equal junong themselves. Therefore since the changes which happen to motions are equal and directed to contrary parts. — Isaac Newton · 1687Limits of science1 quote
Science can teach us more about what is out there, but not what is in here. — Gita Patel · 2012Man and the universe1 quote
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. — Edwin Hubble · 1929Mistakes1 quote
Errors are not in the art, but in the artificers. — Isaac Newton · 1687Myth1 quote
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths. — Karl Popper · 1957Nature1 quote
In disputes about natural phenomena one must begin not with the authority of Scriptural passage but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations. For the Holy Scripture and nature derive equally from the Godhead, the former as the dictation of the Holy Spirit and the latter as the most obedient executrix of God's orders. — Galileo Galilei · 1615Nature of the world1 quote
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. — Albert Einstein · 1936Persecution1 quote
A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right. — Stephen Jay Gould · 1975