197 Quotes About Scientist

I am a mad scientist that researches why I am a mad scientist!

In the last four days I have got the (results) given by Tantalum, Chromium, Manganese, Iron , Nickel, Cobalt and Copper ... The chief result is that ... the result for any metal (is) quite easy to guess from the results for the others. This shews that the insides of all the atoms are very much alike, and from these results it will be possible to find out something of what the insides are made up of.

Life is not found in atoms or molecules or genes as such, but in organization; not in symbiosis but in synthesis.

If a problem is clearly stated, it has no further interest to the physicist.

Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.

Much as I admired the elegance of physical theories, which at that time geology wholly lacked, I preferred a life in the woods to one in the laboratory.

I am no writer, I am only an example of humanity.

Sometimes my mind travels so far ahead that my body can barely keep up.

If I could write every single idea that appears in my head, an entire library will fall short for my books.