Science Quotes

"The finger bones of a fossil whale reveal the secrets of creation more eloquently than any written word."

"To study the dead is to learn the language of the living."

"The pursuit of classification is the pursuit of cosmic order."

"Science is not the enemy of wonder; it is wonder's truest expression."

"In studying the forms of life, we study the very grammar of creation."

"The laws of nature are written in the very structure of all living things."

"Mutations are the raw material of evolution, the creative force that drives all life forward."

"To study plants is to read the autobiography of life itself."

"In the realm of biology, miracles are simply natural laws we have not yet understood."

"Every organism is a living library of its evolutionary history."

"The study of variation opens the door to understanding the creative force of life itself."

"In the laws of inheritance, we read the poetry of creation written in the language of biology."

"In mutation lies nature's answer to every problem and every opportunity."

"To understand variation is to glimpse the mechanism by which life renews itself eternally."

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

"Scientific investigation is not a sort of gladiatorial combat between man and nature."

"The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind."

"It is wrong to use the Bible as though it were a handbook for science."

"Intellectual honesty is the quality most necessary for the progress of science."

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

"The practice of science is the only true religion which shows the path to justice."

"The test of a hypothesis is whether it leads to successful prediction."

"In science, gentlemen are not to be found."

"Science is simply common sense at its best."

"A man of science wishes to get at truth; a man of the Church wishes to get at men."

"You can't have a scientific civilization without a scientific philosophy."

"Careful observation is the foundation of all scientific progress."

"The Lord created, Linnaeus organized."

"Classification is the foundation of all science."

"Taxonomy is poetry written in the language of science."