Science Quotes

"The nervous system is organizationally closed but operationally open."

"Biological systems are determined by their structure, not by their environment."

"Science is our systematic attempt to understand the regularities of experience."

"I wonder whether the tiny atoms and nuclei are the final end, or whether there is a further world of structure and beauty waiting to be discovered."

"In science, there is only one thing worse than not doing an experiment - doing it badly."

"In every experiment, there is the potential for a new world to reveal itself."

"The greatest discoveries often come from the most humble observations."

"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics and light."

"The most important experiments are those that challenge our existing beliefs."

"I have found that the best discoveries come when you are not looking for them directly."

"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."

"DNA is not just life's instruction manual. It's a mirror reflecting our past and a map to our future."

"The beauty of science lies in asking questions that seem impossible, then proving they're not."

"We are all made of stardust, shaped by physics, and driven by chemistry."

"The Astonishing Hypothesis is that 'You,' your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules."

"A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to convince by rhetorical tricks, but to clarify the issue by steps logical and, above all, honest."

"The brain is the most complex thing we know in the universe."

"Nobody really understands what consciousness is. Until we do, we are not going to understand ourselves."

"Science attempts to discover how the natural world works, not why it should exist."

"The origin of life appears to be almost a miracle, so many are the conditions which would have had to be satisfied to get it started."

"We have discovered the secret of life."

"The impact of science on society cannot be overestimated."

"The basic rules of the universe are, to a large extent, mathematical."

"The mystery of consciousness remains the central problem of biology."

"We are machines, but machines built of molecules."

"The human brain is like a database that we've filled up with millions of bits of information."

"Life must have started an awful lot of times."

"It seems remarkable that all living things are built from the same basic chemistry."

"The world is made of atoms, and we are just collections of atoms."

"Biological investigations will eventually have to be pursued down to the molecular level."