Science Quotes

"Mathematics is the language of the universe."

"Elegance and efficiency are not luxuries—they are necessities."

"Science is not only a disciple of reason but also of romance and passion."

"Science is organized knowledge."

"The most exciting phrase in science is not Eureka but That's funny."

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning."

"Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else."

"The problem of Computer Science is that it is not really about computers, and it is not really a science."

"Science needs diverse minds and perspectives."

"Science and mathematics are universal languages."

"The best inventions solve real problems in unexpected ways."

"To say that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns is but little to say. It weaves all patterns which are capable of being expressed mathematically."

"In science and technology, humility opens more doors than certainty ever could."

"Science and imagination are dance partners."

"Science without wonder is just data."

"Science is the poetry of reason."

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."

"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity."

"The sciences do not try to enclose nature in a straitjacket, but rather to devise concepts and discern patterns of relationships such that the experimental scientists can enlarge, modify, or change them as he wishes."

"The problem of viruses is that they represent intermediate steps between non-life and life."

"In their erratic path across the heavens, planets sometimes seem to slow down, stop, and then move backwards. This retrograde motion was one of the great puzzles of astronomy until Copernicus explained it."

"With computers we will always be able to find people who, from basic principles alone, can compute and find out things that would otherwise only be found by experimentation or actual observation."

"The brain may be viewed as a computing machine operating on a simple binary basis."

"The sciences are not endeavouring to explain nature: that is much too ambitious. If science sometimes pretends to do that, it should be stopped: it is rebuffed immediately."

"All sciences are now under the obligation to put up, or shut up."

"In science, it is not enough to think of an important problem. One must also know how to attack it."

"The complexity of the universe cannot be reduced below a certain level."

"The role of mathematics is fundamentally to understand phenomena in nature."

"What is important in a theory is not that it is true, but that it is exact."