Science Quotes

"Microbes are marvelous in their simplicity and their complexity."

"Vaccination is the most precise application of the germ theory."

"The pen is mightier than the sword, but the microscope is mightier than the pen."

"The beauty of science is that it works."

"Cargo cult science is science that follows all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but is missing something essential."

"Mathematics is not just a language, it is a language plus logic."

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

"There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view of physics."

"Draw conclusions from what you observe, not from what you expect to observe."

"All of the stuff is atoms, except the emotion."

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts."

"The most important tool of theoretical physics is the wastebasket."

"The test of all knowledge is experiment; experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth."

"There is an iron law of physics: you can't change something without changing something else."

"Forget what you think you know and look at the evidence."

"Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity."

"Everything must be based on reason and experiment."

"The mind of a chimpanzee is not so different from our own."

"The pursuit of knowledge about our natural world is one of humanity's noblest endeavors."

"We must challenge the assumptions that limit our understanding of animal behavior."

"We must balance scientific inquiry with moral responsibility."

"The role of science is not to dominate nature, but to understand it."

"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."

"The two chief world systems are...composed of quite different assumptions, and pertain to totally different universes."

"To understand the universe, you must understand the language in which it is written."

"The desire to understand the world is the very basis of all science."

"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so."

"A single experiment can teach us more than a thousand arguments."

"To measure the stars, one must first understand the earth."

"The power of observation is greater than the power of speculation."