976 private quotes tagged science

“The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.” — Thomas Huxley

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“I wasn't with Joseph, but I believe him. My faith did not come to me through science, and I will not permit so-called science to destroy it.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.” — Henri Frederic Amiel

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“Since I was an atheist for many years and came to believe in God through my studies in science, it frustrated me to see students and parents who viewed faith and science as enemies.” — John Clayton

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“Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.” — Tryon Edwards

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“The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over.” — Barry Commoner

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“I love science fiction.” — Pam Grier

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“If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.” — will.i.am

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“I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me.” — Eliza Dushku

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“Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it.” — Alton Brown

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“Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.” — Baruch Spinoza

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“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.” — Marcel Proust

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“Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.” — James D. Watson

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“I've always felt that the human-centered approach to computer science leads to more interesting, more exotic, more wild, and more heroic adventures than the machine-supremacy approach, where information is the highest goal.” — Jaron Lanier

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“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'” — Isaac Asimov

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“When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction.” — Scott Thompson

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“When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.” — Jean Rostand

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“Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it's why I've never re-visited that area because I feel I've done it.” — Ridley Scott

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“A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.” — Simone Weil

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“I do not believe in God his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

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“Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness.” — Vince Cable

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“It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.” — Charles Babbage

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“One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages.” — Sigourney Weaver

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“Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.” — Edward Thorndike

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“I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.” — Sara Paretsky

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