976 private quotes tagged science

“Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive.” — Leland Stanford

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“It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense of humour like me.” — Nicole Scherzinger

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“Science already contained all that was necessary, if you just brought it out.” — Arthur Young

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“I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.” — Joshua Lederberg

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“We need to be pro-science we have to go back to science.” — Al Franken

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“The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good.” — Al Franken

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“The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will.” — Dixie Lee Ray

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“From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor, and that therefore, in its best analysis there could be no natural conflict between capital and labor.” — Leland Stanford

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“Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.” — Bruno Mars

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“I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.” — Joshua Lederberg

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“The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.” — Walter Gilbert

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“The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong.” — George Meredith

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“Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.” — Clyde Tombaugh

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“Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college.” — Ellen Ochoa

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“Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness but a belief is always sensitive.” — James Anthony Froude

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“As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.” — Norman Spinrad

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“A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.” — Clyde Tombaugh

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“English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.” — Edward Sapir

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“The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.” — Edward Sapir

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“As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I'd be writing novels.” — Daniel H. Wilson

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“Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric.” — Kary Mullis

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“As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has created a new international political environment to which governments must adjust their foreign policies.” — John Boyd Orr

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“A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.” — Robert Trout

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“Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago.” — Tony Visconti

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“I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.” — Rick Baker

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