Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. Isaac Asimov on science
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! Honore de Balzac on science
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. Stephen Hawking on science
Science is but an image of the truth. Francis Bacon on science
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. Max Planck on science
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 on science
Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know. Richard Dawkins on science
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. John Ruskin on science
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science. Isaac Newton on science
Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science. E. O. Wilson on science
Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in. Stephen Hawking on science
The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science. James Madison on science
Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. Stephen Hawking on science
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line. Stephen Hawking on science
I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science. Stephen Hawking on science
The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science. Samuel Butler on science
Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? Richard P. Feynman on science
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. Simone Weil on science
But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience. Richard Dawkins on science
We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry. Maria Montessori on science