Science Quotes

"Results in genetics cannot be rushed; they demand respect for natural processes."

"Science progresses when we abandon old certainties for new observations."

"Natural selection and artificial selection obey the same fundamental laws."

"Life's complexity arises from simple hereditary principles."

"Hereditary factors are invisible, yet their effects are evident everywhere."

"The genes speak a language older than language itself."

"Heredity is the foundation upon which development builds its structure."

"Heredity sets boundaries; environment fills the space within."

"Life's unity lies in the universality of hereditary mechanisms."

"The invisible factors of heredity shape the visible world around us."

"To understand inheritance is to understand the continuity of life."

"Heredity explains why children resemble their parents across generations."

"Natural laws governing inheritance are as reliable as laws of physics."

"Heredity is the voice of life's continuity speaking through us."

"Genes are the universal language in which life writes itself."

"Understanding genes is understanding the deepest patterns of life."

"The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."

"Science is nothing but organized common sense."

"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority."

"There is no more common error than to assume that because prolonged and accurate mathematical treatment of the data is possible, the data itself possess the qualities which lend themselves to such treatment."

"The hypothesis that animal life is the outcome of a long process of natural selection."

"The present condition of science is mostly the result of the natural superiority of men of genius."

"Science is not nearly so much interested in a specific fact as in facts of types."

"The scientific spirit is of more value than its products."

"The scientific method is a mutual agreement between scientists to let facts speak for themselves."

"Fact I know and Law I know; but I know not the connexion between them."

"Cuvier's principle of correlation shows us that the parts of an organism must work in harmony."

"Bones tell stories that words cannot express."

"The structure of an animal reveals its true nature."

"Science demands precision and patience above all else."