I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science. Paul Nurse
Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science. Paul Nurse
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test. Adam Savage
That's the show. it's like 5 minutes of science and then 10 minutes of me hurting myself. Adam Savage
We didn't set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don't purport that what we do is real science but we're demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity. Adam Savage
Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us. Huston Smith
Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion. Gary Ross
Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements. Kenneth L. Pike
I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. Richard Rogers
In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic. Jonathan Carroll
In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes, like the objective reality of things, will be hidden from him forever and that he can only know relations. Claude Bernard
The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science. John Charles Polanyi
Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement. John Charles Polanyi
When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. John Charles Polanyi
Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it. John Charles Polanyi
It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience. John Charles Polanyi
Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society. John Charles Polanyi
Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things. John Charles Polanyi