8,157 Quotes About Science

No need to be afraid. I’m just a Holon.” “Huh?” “A Holon. What are you?” “You mean who am I?” I correct him. “No, what are you?” “I’m not a what. I’m a who.” “How can you be a who if you’re not a what?” “What?

Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own.

Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.

The earth is large and old enough to teach us modesty.

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.

In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not...

As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.

Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always.