8,157 Quotes About Science

Sonya, as a scientist, it's never just about the logistics of life. One must always be optimistic, or else you'll never discover or learn anything new. Though of course, you might also find that such a mentality should never be restricted to such an occupation as mine.

He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.

Discovery comes from a lot of failures, knowledge, wisdom, faith, and a dose of craziness.

Do not get mad, get science.

Every woman is a science; for he that plods upon a woman all his life long, shall at length finde himself short of the knowledge of her.

I find that a little bit of crazy is an essential ingredient of discovery.

I used to measure the skies, now I measure the shadows of Earth.Although my mind was sky-bound, the shadow of my body lies here.[Epitaph he composed for himself a few months before he died]

Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose surging in our nature responds.

The Apollo pictures of the whole Earth conveyed to multitudes something well known to astronomers: On the scale of the worlds - to say nothing of stars or galaxies - humans are inconsequential, a thin film of life on an obscure and solitary lump of rock and metal