You know what the best part about science is? No, not the scientists who seem like walking enigmas to us, regular people. Nope, not even the fact that science betters our lives each and every day. And not even the fact that without it, we’d still probably be living in some version of the Stone Age! Okay, well, these points do sound very solid, but we think it’s the joy of discovery and that Eureka! moment one must feel when discovering something that has never been seen, heard, or used before. What an incredible moment of utter joy it must be! And although most of us aren’t scientists, we can also feel the power of those unbelievable moments by reading these wonderful science quotes that we’ve gathered on this list.
Of course, these quotes about science aren’t only talking about the instances of discovery - they also talk about the importance of science in our lives and the responsibilities that it comes with. You know, one might get a feeling that science is almost like some sort of white magic - a means to make the world better if used properly and honestly. There’s also its counterpart, dark science, and that’s where controversies come. Those, too, are discussed in some of these scientific quotes, which makes for an even more interesting read!
So, the powerful quotes await you just below this text - be sure to check them out thoroughly, as a real scientist would! Once you are done with that, give the most interesting quotes your vote and share these wise words with your friends.
#61
"If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong." - Arthur C. Clarke
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#62
"To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science." - Isaac Newton
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#63
"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." - Max Planck
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#64
"Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce." - John F. Kennedy
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#65
"In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms." - Stephen Jay Gould
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#66
"Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it." - Edmund Hillary
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#67
"I believe there are no questions that science can't answer about a physical universe." - Stephen Hawking
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#68
"By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox." - Galileo Galilei
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#69
"Most people don't realize it, because they're invisible, but microbes make up about a half of the Earth's biomass, whereas all animals only make up about one one-thousandth of all the biomass." - Craig Venter
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#70
"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage." - H. L. Mencken
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#71
"Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth." - Jules Verne
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#72
"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success." - Bruce Feirstein
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#73
"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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#74
"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination." - John Dewey
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#75
"Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true." - Niels Bohr
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#76
"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young." - Konrad Lorenz
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#77
"There are no shortcuts in evolution." - Louis D. Brandeis
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#78
"The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." - Thomas Huxley
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#79
"What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on." - Jacques Yves Cousteau
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#80
"A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God." - Alan Perlis
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