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“Gaps which appear in the Bible story, leave open a very large field for scientific speculation. Our high respect for the authority of the sacred books must prevent us from seeking in them what they were not intended to contain, what never entered the minds of those who wrote under the divine inspiration.”
François Lenormant (1837–1883) said by 1883 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In July 2015, the European Medicines Agency issued a positive scientific opinion on the vaccine’s risk-benefit balance.”
Catherine Falade (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Finding scientific solutions to key problems affecting society, like maternal and infant mortality, malnutrition among mothers, children, and people living with HIV, is the most beneficial research one can ever do".”
Alice Nabatanzi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In 2004-2007 I have been awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Development Award which helped me to start an independent scientific career at my home country, and to spend 3 months in CIMR every year to complete my research.”
Hiba Mohamed (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Much of my scientific career has focussed on using molecular tools to address agricultural constraints.”
Segenet Kelemu (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have other activities that I may be called upon to undertake, such as participation in the work of commissions or juries. And of course I regularly participate in scientific meetings both nationally and internationally.”
Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Type Sciences or ethics or disease or human in the Google search engine for example and you are sure to have a complete scientific file, well documented and even a discussion forum.”
Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At a time when websites are flourishing so strongly, we need serious, effective portals to really be a scientific reference for young people and even professionals. Futura-Sciences is one in my opinion.”
Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I commit to maintain and exemplify the highest standards of scientific integrity and agree to follow the Academy’s Code of Conduct.”
Himla Soodyall (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many students in Africa have excellent theoretical scientific knowledge, but lack the tools for research. It is a travesty in a continent where we need that critical mass of young people with great ideas coming through academia. It is worrying because many of the productive researchers at African universities are aging and there is a major gap in between developing.”
Tebello Nyokong (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“AORTIC is the premier organisation for cancer research and training in Africa. As the chair of the AORTIC research committee, I work with outstanding cancer scientists within and outside Africa to provide scientific leadership and direction for cancer research in Africa.”
Folakemi T. Odedina (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I see the work that I do as a calling – the scientific discoveries that we achieve impact lives and that gives me the strength to wake up the next morning and keep going.”
Folakemi T. Odedina (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“SESAME is considered as a gate for all the female scientists in the Middle East and neighbouring regions, especially to those who are not able to travel abroad, facilitating their struggles and helping them in having an advanced scientific career.”
Gihan Kamel (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Currently, there is no scientific information on mother-daughter physical activity programs in African-Americans”
Sofiya Alhassan (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Math is hard, Physics is beautiful. is the best process to build scientific knowledge.”
Farida Fassi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Scientific and technological achievements must serve social progress, focus on humanity, liberate and develop humanity in a comprehensive manner, constantly improve life, for the benefits and happiness of humanity and for future generations.”
Tô Lâm (born 1957) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Full remarks by General Secretary and President To Lam at 2024 UN Summit of the Future" (22 September 2024)
“Scientific and technological achievements should be to promote cooperation, instead of being tools against nations, going against the aspirations for peace, development, equality and justice of nations.”
Tô Lâm (born 1957) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Full remarks by General Secretary and President To Lam at 2024 UN Summit of the Future" (22 September 2024)
“Already, the three main tactics for attacking the antievolution measure had emerged: the defense of individual freedom, an appeal to scientific authority, and a mocking ridicule of fundamentalists and biblical literalism; later, they became the three prongs of the Scopes defense.”
Edward J. Larson (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By the 1940s, a fundamentalist subculture had formed in the United States, with a creationist scientific establishment of its own.”
Edward J. Larson (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whenever a , or, for that matter, any indoor diversion, becomes too serious and scientific for the average mind it soon ceases to be fashionable. Whenever the professional cuts in, the man-of-the-word cuts off—to seek some new diversion which does not require its votaries to study a shelf-full of text-books.”
E. B. Osborn (1867–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Building a scientific edifice is a bit like building a cathedral, stone by stone. Shaping each stone—each single study—is hard work but immensely satisfying, especially knowing that it will be durable. (P. 38)”
David Sloan Wilson (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In direct contradiction of these kinds of statements [the uniqueness of Basque], the thesis of this book is that Basque is demonstrably related to other languages, i.e., that a scientific analysis of the evidence leads to the most probable conclusion that Basque is, at first remove, most closely related to the North Caucasian language family.”
John Bengtson (1948–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Afterwards it was easier to convince heads of state that Africa urgently needs stronger scientific capacity — not least to help the continent adapt to rising temperatures.”
Nagia Essayed first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: NATURE Africa pursues goal of scientific unity Retrieved 8 February 2007
“The Angolan government is always available to cooperate with Japan in political-diplomatic, economic-social, and technical-scientific fields.”
Teodolinda Rosa Rodrigues Coelho (born 1959) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the potential for Angolan-Japanese cooperation, Angola Press Agency (Luanda) Angolan Diplomat Discusses Cooperation With Japanese Authorities 6 July 2023
“Till the publication of 's Guide to the Eastern Alps in 1868, and the appearance of Messrs. Gilbert and Churchill's joint volume in 1864,—the was scarcely known even by name to any but scientific travellers. A few geologists found their way now and then to ; a few artists, attracted in the first instance to as the birthplace of , carried their sketch-books up the ; but there it ended.”
Amelia Edwards (1831–1892) said by 1892 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The objections to evolution are not serious scientific arguments; they are superficially investigated and poorly reasoned talking points.”
Eugenie Scott (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be scientific in our era is to search for solely natural explanations.”
Eugenie Scott (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always felt that the idea underlying this theory has a basis other than the purely scientific or historical one.”
Ganganath Jha (1871–1941) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ganganath Jha, 1940. Quoted from B.B. Lal in : Indian History and Culture Society., Devahuti, D., & Indian History and Culture Society. (2012). Bias in Indian historiography. 8-9
“If enough people in society can be convinced that history is governed by scientific laws: that Soviet-style Socialism is the inevitable product of historical progress: and that the Soviet Union embodies all the finest socialist ideals of peace, equality, and justice, then rational people should be incapable of defying the rule of the Soviet government and its chosen allies.”
Norman Davies (born 1939) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland (New York: Oxford UP, 1984), ch. 1 (p. 37)
“An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating.”
Marie Stopes (1880–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the early 1960s, Kuhn and Feyerabend pointed out that the meaning of scientific terms changes over time.”
Theodore Arabatzis (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only those who unite scientific knowledge of morality with practice in its application may be trusted to solve promptly and safely problems of conscience. Personal, social, commercial, and political experience proves this abundantly. Moral education requires long, patient, and delicate training, and few acquire it without the aid of casuistry.”
Timothy Brosnahan (1856–1915) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Casuistry (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
“No scientific discovery is named after its original inventor.”
Stephen Stigler (born 1941) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, ser. 2, vol. 39 (1980), pp. 147–157
“Galileo approached the modern scientific outlook more nearly than did Kepler. Like Kepler, he believed that Nature lent itself to mathematical description, but he does not seem to have regarded the fulfillment of mathematical relations as the cause of phenomena. He regarded mathematics rather as the one and only true key that would introduce order and coherence into our sense impressions.”
J. W. N. Sullivan (1886–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The acceptability of a scientific theory is relative to the knowledge and technical resources available at a given time. (p. 7)”
Dario Antiseri (1940–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The continuous proposal of alternatives and relentless criticism are the two pillars on which all scientific research is based.”
Dario Antiseri (1940–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The social revolution now taking place on the international stage consists precisely in the transition to a scientific and technical solution to common problems. Politics is receding into the background as a remnant of a tradition that must be overcome. (from “Introduction”, p. 32)”
Ugo Spirito (1896–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The successful launching of the Sputnik was a demonstration of one of the highest scientific and technological achievements of man—a tantalizing invitation both to the militarist in search of ever more devastating means of destruction and to the astronomer searching for new means of carrying his instruments away from their earthbound environment.”
Bernard Lovell (1913–2012) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Astronomy Breaks Free", BBC Reith Lecture (9 November 1958) published in The Individual and the Universe (New York: Harper & Bros, 1959) ch. 1
“Scientific skepticism is considered good. ... Under this principle, one must question, doubt, or suspend judgment until sufficient information is available. Skeptics demand that evidence and proof be offered before conclusions can be drawn. ... One must thoughtfully gather evidence and be persuaded by the evidence rather than by prejudice, bias, or uncritical thinking.”
Stanley Sue (1944–2024) first seen 1070 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Science, Ethnicity, and Bias: Where Have We Gone Wrong?", American Psychologist, vol 54, no. 12 (1999) pp. 1070–77
“If it is ever documented conclusively, the genetic inferiority of a race on a trait as important as intelligence will rank with the atomic bomb as the most destructive scientific discovery in human history. The correct conclusion is to withhold judgment.”
Eric Turkheimer first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Consensus and controversy about IQ, Contemporary Psychology, 1990, vol 35, pp 428–430
“Beginning in 1892, when he took up statistics as his scientific vocation, Karl Pearson devoted himself relentlessly to a project of almost universal quantification. This work, the invention of a , defined one of the landmark transitions in the history of the sciences, or indeed of public rationality.”
Theodore Porter (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alessandro Nanni Costa, director of the National Transplant Centre, argues that in 40 years, the criteria for determining brain death “have never been questioned by the scientific community and are applied in all scientifically advanced countries”. But not in Japan. Is Japan to be considered a scientifically backward country?”
Stefano Lorenzetto (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is indeed a breakthrough. First, we were able to provide scientific justification for the use of these plants in ethno-medicine. In addition, the possible chemical compounds responsible for the activity were identified.”
Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From the COVID-19 pandemic to intensifying climate shocks, a series of crises has exposed the risks of depending on wealthy countries to deliver scientific and technological solutions. If developing economies are to respond effectively to crises and take control of their development, they must build their own research ecosystems.”
Bridget Boakye (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At SAAO there are a few women in scientific posts.”
Patricia Whitelock (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my second year, my body temporarily lost the ability to properly deal with sugar. I don’t know if this is a thing. My doctor never really figured it out even after she got “really scientific about it.” Whatever it was, I realized stress had sent me to the hospital and I was thoroughly against that on principle, so I gave up stress.”
Piper Harron wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have extensive experience across diverse fields including biodiversity, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, sustainability and resilience, and can use those skills to help maintain the scientific caliber of the IPCC.”
Debra Roberts (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to build on the progress we have already made by strengthening the foundations of the IPCC so we can continue to deliver in accordance with our growing scientific mandate.”
Debra Roberts (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The non-believer is someone who feels the limits of their own existence, and who, while using reason and considering it the best way to solve many existential problems, and certainly as a scientific tool, wants to push it further to question the mystery.”
Vittorino Andreoli (born 1940) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Il sacerdote e i non credenti, Avvenire, 24 September 2008
“Providing services, designing products and/or use of services and products. Subject matter expertise is a needed service in a number of areas such as computing, computation, scientific exploration, design validation, evaluation and assessment.”
Stacey Franklin Jones wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source