POWERFUL QUOTES FROM SCIENTISTS THAT ARE TRULY THOUGHT-PROVOKING
Added on: 22nd Dec 2016
"PROGRESS IS MADE BY TRIAL AND FAILURE;
THE FAILURES ARE GENERALLY A HUNDRED
TIMES MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE SUCCESSES;
YET THEY ARE USUALLY LEFT UNCHRONICLED."
WILLIAM RAMSAY
"ALTHOUGH NATURE NEEDS THOUSANDS OR
MILLIONS OF YEARS TO CREATE A NEW SPECIES,
MAN NEEDS ONLY A FEW DOZEN YEARS TO
DESTROY ONE."
VICTOR SCHEFFER
"SCIENCE IS SIMPLY COMMON SENSE AT ITS BEST,
THAT IS, RIGIDLY ACCURATE IN OBSERVATION
AND MERCILESS TO FALLACY IN LOGIC."
THOMAS HUXLEY
"ACTUALLY, EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE KNOWN
HAS A NUMBER; FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
GRASP ANYTHING WITH THE MIND OR TO
RECOGNIZE IT WITHOUT THIS."
PHILOLAUS
"THE GOOD THING ABOUT SCIENCE IS THAT IT’S
TRUE WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE IN IT."
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
"SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED ONLY BY
THOSE WHO HAVE GONE IN PURSUIT OF IT
WITHOUT ANY PRACTICAL PURPOSE
WHATSOEVER IN VIEW."
MAX PLANCK
"NOTHING IN LIFE IS TO BE FEARED, IT IS ONLY
TO BE UNDERSTOOD. NOW IS THE TIME TO
UNDERSTAND MORE, SO THAT WE
MAY FEAR LESS."
MARIE CURIE
"WHAT'S DANGEROUS IS NOT TO EVOLVE."
JEFF BEZOS
"SCIENCE IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT WORKS
AND THE REJECTION OF WHAT DOES NOT.
THAT NEEDS MORE COURAGE THAN WE
MIGHT THINK."
JACOB BRONOWSKI
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