Science Quotes

"The existence of life on earth is a consequence of quantum mechanics."

"Those who have not been confused by quantum mechanics have not understood it."

"The electrons: may be they are small circles of Thing X."

"The task is to learn to ask nature the correct questions."

"The role of the scientist is to listen to nature, not to dictate to it."

"The paradoxes we encounter in nature are mirrors of our incomplete understanding."

"The goal of science is not to eliminate mystery but to deepen our appreciation of it."

"To love science is to love the process of questioning more than the answers obtained."

"Nature abhors not vacuums but vagueness in our questions to it."

"The richness of science lies not in its answers but in the questions it raises."

"Mathematics grows from the human mind, not from external reality."

"The foundation of all science rests on mathematical truth."

"Mathematics is the language of the universe."

"Science without mathematics is merely description."

"Out of the paradise that Cantor has created for us, no one shall expel us."

"Every statement in mathematics must be capable of proof."

"Mathematics is the study of patterns and relationships."

"The universe is governed by laws, and mathematics is their language."

"Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind."

"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."

"The splitting of the atom represents the greatest scientific achievement of the age."

"The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms."

"It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science."

"The goal of science is, insofar as possible, to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions."

"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."

"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."

"The physicist's task is not merely to describe nature, but to understand the principles that govern it."

"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics; we must learn to listen."

"The structure of the atom reveals the deep harmony of creation."

"Science progresses through the dialogue between theory and observation."