Quotes about Science

In the prayer of faith there is a divine science; it is a science that everyone who would make his lifework a success must understand.

My father was both a scientist and a magician, but he declared that it was in literature wherein we discovered our truest natures.

When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.

Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on.

I agree with Schopenhauer that one of the most powerful motives that attracts people to science and art is the longing to escape from everyday life.

A Short History of Medicine 2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root." 1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer." 1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion." 1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill." 1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic." 2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called.

Black holes result from God dividing the universe by zero.

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

As an ex-programmer, I'm still just curious about how the brain functions, how that flow of information really happens.

Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.

Colors come from a phenomenon called scattering. The wavelengths of light and the size of the particles determine the colors.