Written by Science is structured knowledge; wisdom is the ability to apply that knowledge to life.
— Immanuel Kant
Science is a precious gift to humanity, and we must preserve its integrity.
— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
The science of today is the technology that will shape tomorrow.
— Edward Teller
The beauty of science is that it’s true, regardless of whether we believe in it.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
I deeply regret not studying physics when I was younger, as it is the key to the most groundbreaking discoveries of our time, and physicists are the true adventurers and risk-takers. Young people who embrace physics find themselves at the frontier of human thought.
— Doris Lessing
While science may have limits, imagination should have none.
— Bertrand Russell
The happiest person is one who sees today’s work as part of a larger, eternal endeavor. Their confidence is rooted in the knowledge that they are connected to something infinite. They work diligently in the present, as today is a gift.
— James Clerk Maxwell
The best person to decide what research should be done is the one actually doing it. The next best is the head of the department. After that, the quality of decision-making diminishes, moving from a research director, to a committee, and ultimately to a group of company vice-presidents who are rarely right.
— Charles Mees (Research Director, Kodak)
It is unforgivable for scientists to harm animals in their experiments; perhaps they should experiment on politicians and journalists instead.
— Henrik Ibsen
Innovative scientific ideas rarely win over opponents through persuasion; rather, those opponents gradually fade away.
— Max Planck
No one should approach science with the mindset of a money-changer.
— Thomas Browne
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of martyrs.
— Prophet Muhammad
Physics should be as simple as possible, but not overly simplistic. Science is wonderful, especially when you don’t have to make a living from it.
— Albert Einstein
Crash programs fail because they operate under the false assumption that, by having nine pregnant women, we can produce a baby in a month.
Research is what I do when I don’t know what I’m doing.
— Wernher von Braun
Should we force science onto those who have no interest in it? Is it our duty to drag them into the 21st century? I think it might be.
— George Porter
There are two types of knowledge: science, which generates understanding, and opinion, which breeds ignorance.
— Hippocrates
As a young person, I wanted fame, certainty, and a meaningful understanding of life, so I chose to become a scientist. It’s kind of like becoming an archbishop just to meet girls.
— M. Cartmill
Our scientific abilities have surpassed our spiritual development. We have guided missiles but misguided men.
— Martin Luther King
The most exciting moment in science isn’t when you find something, but when you think, ‘That’s odd…’.
— Isaac Asimov
If we are going to teach creationism alongside evolution, we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative explanation for human reproduction.
— Judith Hayes
Knowledge might seem dull, but it’s the unknown that truly excites us.
— Blaise Egan
Quantum Mechanics: the stuff dreams are made of.
— Unattributed
Anyone who isn’t astounded by quantum theory hasn’t understood it at all.
— Niels Bohr
Physics is like sex: it may yield some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
— Richard Feynman
A true scientist is a skeptic, questioning his own beliefs and interpretations, but always trusting in science.
— Claude Bernard
In physics, you don’t need to go looking for trouble – nature will find it for you.
— Frank Wilczek
Those who invest in science are investing in the future, while those who cut funding to science are merely hoping for the best.
— John Beddington
I think the world might have a market for about five computers.
— Thomas Watson (Chairman of IBM, 1943)
I don’t do this for the income; I do it for the outcome. I’ve learned so much from my mistakes that I’m ready to make another one.
— Rania Hafez
There are only two things that are truly limitless: the universe and human ignorance, though I’m still uncertain about the former.
— Albert Einstein
There is one universal light of science, and by illuminating it anywhere, we illuminate it everywhere.
— Isaac Asimov
Mars has been explored in countless ways: flown by, orbited, collided with, inspected by radar, landed on, bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled, baked, and even blasted with lasers.
— Buzz Aldrin
We live in a society that is deeply reliant on science and technology, yet very few people truly understand them.
— Carl Sagan
Research is what I do when I’m unsure of what I’m doing.
— Wernher von Braun
Our scientific capabilities have outpaced our spiritual growth. We have guided missiles, but misguided men.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Everything is theoretically impossible, until it becomes a reality.
— Robert A. Heinlein
Science is a journey of fun and curiosity. We all have an innate curiosity. Science is about asking questions, developing methods, and diving deep into exploration.
— Sally Ride
Nothing expands the mind more than the ability to examine life with a systematic and genuine approach to everything you observe.
— Marcus Aurelius
Science is the arrangement of knowledge, while wisdom is the arrangement of life.
— Immanuel Kant
Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but since the bumblebee doesn’t know that, it keeps flying.
— Mary Kay Ash
The line between genius and madness is only defined by success.
— Bruce Feirstein
Science has no borders, for knowledge belongs to humanity. It is the light that guides the world. Science is the highest reflection of a nation, for the nation that advances knowledge the furthest will remain the first.
— Louis Pasteur
The science of today is the technology that will shape tomorrow.
— Edward Teller
We are born at a specific time and place, and like fine wines, we carry the qualities of the era and season of our birth. Astrology claims no more than this.
— Carl Jung
Science is merely the result of perception.
— Plato
Science is a valuable tool for the mind, but it only serves well if grounded in common sense. Without enough common sense, more science only complicates things, especially for the patient.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Science is a way of life, a perspective, and a process that transforms confusion into understanding with precision, predictability, and reliability. For those fortunate enough to experience it, it is both empowering and emotional.
— Brian Greene
Armed with his five senses, man explores the universe and names the adventure ‘Science.’
— Edwin Powell Hubble
The universe is woven from stories, not atoms.
— Muriel Rukeyser
Science and technology change the course of our lives, but it is memory, tradition, and myth that shape our reactions.
— Arthur M. Schlesinger
Your theory may be absurd, but it’s not absurd enough to be true.
— Niels Bohr
Hard times have a value in science, as they are opportunities that a keen learner should seize.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Geologists have a saying – rocks have memories.
— Neil Armstrong
By rejecting scientific principles, one can hold on to any paradox.
— Galileo Galilei
Every major leap in science has come from a new daring of imagination.
— John Dewey
Science is the ultimate cure for the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
— Adam Smith
What is research, if not a blind date with knowledge?
— Will Harvey
If an experienced scientist says something is possible, he’s probably right; but if he claims it’s impossible, he’s likely wrong.
— Arthur C. Clarke
It’s a common flaw to mistake a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a flood of words for a fountain of profound truths, and oneself for an oracle.
— Paul Valery
Science, my boy, is a collection of mistakes, but they are mistakes worth making because, step by step, they lead us to the truth.
— Jules Verne
If the facts don’t align with the theory, change the facts.
— Unknown
Science is the way we perceive the world around us. It is a realm where the beauty of nature is revealed and celebrated.
— Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Science is simply common sense perfected. It is precise in observation and relentless in exposing errors in logic.
— Thomas Huxley
Anyone deeply involved in scientific work understands that above the entrance to the temple of science are the words: ‘You must have faith.’
— Max Planck
A great exercise for a research scientist is to discard a favorite hypothesis each morning before breakfast—it keeps the mind sharp.
— Konrad Lorenz
To me, there has never been a greater source of honor than making advances in science.
— Isaac Newton
Anyone trying to generate random numbers by deterministic methods is, essentially, living in sin.
— John von Neumann
What is a scientist, after all? It’s a curious person peering through the keyhole of nature, trying to understand what’s going on.
— Jacques Yves Cousteau
From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It’s not a miracle; we simply chose to go.
— Jim Lovell
Anthropology requires the open-mindedness to observe and listen, to record in awe the things one never would have imagined.
— Margaret Mead
Rockets are just undeniably cool. There’s no getting around that.
— Elon Musk
Science has made us gods, even before we’ve earned the right to be men.
— Jean Rostand
Leave the atom alone.
— E. Y. Harburg
A year immersed in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
— Alan Perlis
It’s inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; they should experiment on journalists and politicians instead.
— Henrik Ibsen
Human cloning is high on the list of science’s potential worries, along with behavioral control, genetic engineering, head transplants, computer poetry, and the unchecked growth of plastic flowers.
— Lewis Thomas
We often view science as something elitist, accessible only to a few. This is simply untrue. You just need to start young and give kids a solid foundation. Children will rise—or fall—according to expectations.
— Mae Jemison
Science is not just a discipline of reason, but also one of passion and romance.
— Stephen Hawking
The human brain is an extraordinary machine designed for pattern recognition.
— Jeff Bezos
Facts are the lifeblood of scientists. Without them, you can never soar.
— Linus Pauling
Art is about the individual; science is about the collective.
— Claude Bernard
You cannot feed the hungry with statistics.
— Heinrich Heine
Science is the organized body of knowledge.
— Herbert Spencer
The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.
— Arnold H. Glasow
In science, ‘fact’ means only that something is confirmed to such an extent that it would be absurd to withhold provisional agreement. While apples might one day start to rise, this possibility doesn’t merit equal consideration in physics classrooms.
— Stephen Jay Gould
Reason, observation, and experience are the holy trinity of science.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
Science is more about the way of thinking than it is about the body of knowledge.
— Carl Sagan
Nothing in education is more astonishing than the sheer ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
— Henry Adams
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
— Albert Einstein
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
— Walter Gilbert
Each problem I solved became a rule that I applied to solve future problems.
— Rene Descartes
Let both sides embrace the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together, let us explore the stars, conquer deserts, eradicate diseases, explore the ocean depths, and promote the arts and commerce.
— John F. Kennedy
Theory helps us endure our ignorance of facts.
— George Santayana
