Quotes
Quotes about Science
I have had a lifelong difficulty in accepting physical laws. Aeroplanes fly, and I have read all the books which explain aerodynamics, but, flying, I have sometimes been fearful of the sudden exposure of the science of flight as untenable and, with a kind of satisfaction, of hearing the pilot announce that we were falling.
A bad conscience has a very good memory.
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.
Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience.
I am a carnivorous fish swimming in two waters, the cold water of art and the hot water of science.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' -Isaac Asimov
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
Conscience is the inner voice warning us that someone may be looking.
In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.
Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience.
Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.
Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience.
In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good.
Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. It is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind there is.
In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.
Vague and insignificant forms of speech, and abuse of language have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard and misapplied words, with little or no meaning, have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of speculation, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance, and hindrance of true knowledge.
Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle.
All a man can betray is his conscience.
Science is built with facts as a house is with stones--but a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
