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“Regardless of its purpose, the humpback-whale song is the most complex piece of nonhuman composition on earth. Whether it's art, prayer, or booty call, the humpback song is an amazing thing to experience firsthand, and I suspect that even once the science of it is put to bed, it will remain, as long as they sing, magic.”
Christopher Moore (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors of scholars. "The scholars" he answered, "are well aware of the use of money, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science".”
Al-Biruni (973–1048) said by 1048 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in: A.L. Mackay Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (London 1994).
“The Hindus believe that there is no country but theirs. no nation like theirs, no king like theirs, no religion like theirs, no science like theirs.”
Al-Biruni (973–1048) said by 1048 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alberuni, I, p.22. quoted from K.S. Lal, Indian Muslims who are they, 1990
“Global warming science is uneven and evolving.”
Joe Barton (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After races are mixed up, you will find one's child born to be an infant of mixed blood. However, there is a partition in the middle of this child's life. If it is separated, he will be physically and intellectually incomplete or a person with an incomplete body. Modern science also knows that it is getting worse one generation after another. It would be like this”
Li Hongzhi (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Buddha Fa” is most profound; among all the theories in the world, it is the most intricate and extraordinary science. In order to explore this domain, humankind must fundamentally change its conventional thinking. Otherwise, the truth of the universe will forever remain a mystery to humankind, and everyday people will forever crawl within the boundary delimited by their own ignorance.”
Li Hongzhi (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He revolutionised cricket. He turned it from an accomplishment into a science.”
K. S. Ranjitsinhji (1872–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The facts of science always imply a theoretical, which means a symbolic, element.”
Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is the last step in man's mental development and it may be regarded as the highest and most characteristic attainment of human culture.”
Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is the most exciting and sustained enterprise of discovery in the history of our species. It is the great adventure of our time. We live today in an era of discovery that far outshadows the discoveries of the New World five hundred years ago.”
Michael Crichton (1942–2008) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ritual Abuse, Hot Air, and Missed Opportunities: Science Views Media" Speech to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Anaheim, California (25 January 1999)
“Finally, I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. Nobody says the consensus of scientists agrees that E=mc2. Nobody says the consensus is that the sun is 93 million miles away. It would never occur to anyone to speak that way.”
Michael Crichton (1942–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is clear, however, is that on this issue [global warming], science and policy have become inextricably mixed to the point where it will be difficult, if not impossible, to separate them out.”
Michael Crichton (1942–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to get environmentalism out of the sphere of religion. We need to stop the mythic fantasies, and we need to stop the doomsday predictions. We need to start doing hard science instead.”
Michael Crichton (1942–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and paper.”
George Pólya (1887–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Though it is often assumed that naturalism must be hostile to religion, the opposite is true. Enemies of religion think of it as an intellectual error, which humanity will eventually grow out of. It is hard to square this view with Darwinian science – why should religion be practically universal, if it has no evolutionary value?”
John Gray (philosopher) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If people realize the value of science and knowledge, they will sacrifice themselves for earning it.”
Ali Zayn al-Abidin (659–713) said by 713 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Knowledge and science are the coffers and caches to the treasures of Perfection; and the only access to them is to ask and question.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) said by 818 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you believe in science [evolution] you must have a rather strong faith.”
Walter Veith (born 1949) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During a presentation on the topic of genes and creationism in Prague (28th October 2008)
“If anthropometry is a science which can be depended upon to determine the race of a people ... [then its] measurements establish that the Brahmins and the Untouchables belong to the same race. From this it follows that if the Brahmins are Aryans the Untouchables are also Aryans. If the Brahmins are Dravidians, the Untouchables are also Dravidians”
B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: B.R. Ambedkar, Writings and Speeches (Bombay: Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1986-1990), Vol. 7, p.85 and 302-303 quoted in Koenraad Elst’s Indigenous Indians — Agastya to Ambedkar (New Delhi: Voice of…
“Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perhaps the best reason to consider the hard sciences is that, well, one study suggests science, engineering, medicine, and dentistry graduates live longer than arts graduates (or law grads). So whatever money you make you can keep a bit longer.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Worldwide, boys are 50 percent more likely than girls to fail to meet basic proficiency in any of the three core subjects of reading, math, and science.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from academically weaker schools.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our Knowledge, and by consequence our Power, over a third part of nature, holds a low place among intellectual employments.”
William Buckland (1784–1856) first seen 1825 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies (1825) by Granville Penn, p. 8
“That fondness for science, … that affability and condescension which God shows to the learned, that promptitude with which he protects and supports them in the elucidation of obscurities and in the removal of difficulties, has encouraged me to compose a short work on calculating by al-jabr and al-muqabala , confining it to what is easiest and most useful in arithmetic.”
Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (780–850) said by 850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in: Victor J. Katz (2009) A history of mathematics: an introduction. p. 271
“I thought it strange that medical science spent billions of dollars trying to find a cure for the common cold, and it did nothing to try to stop the aging process. It seemed insane that we were all going to die and nobody talked about it, asked why, or even looked for an answer to it.”
Ray Comfort (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the greatest oxymoron on the face of this earth is to use the word 'science' along with 'evolution'. Evolution's a fairy tale for grown ups... It's unprovable, it's not been proved.”
Ray Comfort (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If there is ever a science of programming language design, it will probably consist largely of matching languages to the design methods they support.”
Robert W. Floyd (1936–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For having a clear influence on methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, and for helping to found the following important subfields of computer science: the theory of parsing, the semantics of programming languages, automatic program verification, automatic program synthesis, and analysis of algorithms.”
Robert W. Floyd (1936–2001) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1978 Turing Award Citation.
“I came into history from a primary concern with mathematics and science. This has been a tremendous help to me as a person and as a historian, although it must be admitted it has served to make my historical interpretations less conventional than may be acceptable of many of my colleagues in the field.”
Carroll Quigley (1910–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even today few scientists and perhaps even fewer nonscientists realize that science is a method and nothing else.”
Carroll Quigley (1910–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The brainwashing which has been going on for 150 years has also resulted in the replacement of intellectual activities and religion by ideologies and science. ...I have nothing against Marx, except that his theories do not explain what happened.”
Carroll Quigley (1910–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His true monument lies not on the shelves of libraries, but in the thoughts of men, and in the history of more than one science.”
Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) first seen 1889 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Gibbs's obituary for Rudolf Clausius (1889). See The Collected Works of J. Willard Gibbs, vol. 2 (New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1928), p. 267. Complete volume
“In science... the ultimate judges are not experts but experiments.”
Frank Wilczek (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The whole idea of science is really to listen to nature, in her own language, as part of a continuing dialogue.”
Frank Wilczek (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“… it is shameful that there are so few women in science... In China there are many, many women in physics. There is a misconception in America that women scientists are all dowdy spinsters. This is the fault of men. In Chinese society, a woman is valued for what she is, and men encourage her to accomplishments yet she remains eternally feminine.”
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Queen of Physics", Newsweek (20 May 1963) no. 61, 20.
“The rigour of science requires that we distinguish well the undraped figure of Nature itself from the gay-coloured vesture with which we clothe her at our pleasure.”
Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894) said by 1894 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Ludwig Boltzmann in a letter to Nature (28 February 1895)
“The role of science is to be systematic, to be accurate, to be orderly, but it certainly is not to imply that the aggregated, successful hypotheses of the past have the kind of truth that goes into a number system.”
Edwin H. Land (1909–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is too important not to be a part of a popular culture.”
Brian Cox (physicist) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in The Large Hadron Collider will revolutionise how we understand the universe, Telegraph.co.uk Comment (2008-09-06)
“No refining of one's taste in matters of art or literature, no sharpening of one's powers of insight in matters of science or psychology, can ever take the place of one's sensitiveness to the life of the earth. This is the beginning and the end of a person's true education.”
John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is because I know all that science can bring to the world that I shall continue my efforts to ensure that it contributes to the happiness of all men, whether they be white, black, or yellow, and not to their annihilation in the name of some divine mission or other.”
Frederic Joliot-Curie (1900–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment.”
Robert Andrews Millikan (1868–1953) first seen 1923 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1923 Nobel Prize lecture
“I am not interested in illustrating my time. A man’s 'time' limits him; it does not truly liberate him. Our age – it is of science – of mechanism – of power and death. I see no point in adding to its mammoth arrogance the compliment of graphic homage.”
Clyfford Still (1904–1980) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Clyfford Still in an interview with Ti Grace Sharpless, 1963; as quoted in Abstract Expressionism Creators and Critics, edited by Clifford Ross, Abrams Publishers New York 1990, p. 201
“Art is nothing but humanized science.”
Gino Severini (1883–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Deric Regin (1968) Culture and the Crowd. p. 86
“I am accused often of too much experimentation.. ..but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the same condition. I thrust forward into space as science and the rest do.”
Mark Tobey (1890–1976) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tobey's quote from an exhibition catalogue, Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1951; as quoted in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 46
“There has been 32 isms since the advent of Cubism, yet after all there are essentially the same two old strings, the Romantic and the Classical. We've just be confused by the storm. Science and psychology have played a great part to say nothing of sex.”
Mark Tobey (1890–1976) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Tigers Eye 1, Mark Tobey, 1952; as quoted in Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 103
“The institute (Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology)'s researchers laid the foundation for its success by daring to brave the challenges they faced and learning from their failures.”
Tsai Ing-wen (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terrible drawer. I can't draw a circle. Even with a ruler, I can't draw a straight line.”
Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing is more certain than that war promotes science and increases comforts. Utopia may mean no more wars, but universal peace and plenty will never reign until at least one more war raises mankind to a plane of such comfort and ease that nobody on either side of a frontier can even imagine the possibility of resorting to arms. Comfort creates wars and comfort may someday end them.”
Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our intellectual development in the field of science has outstripped our human development in the field of character.”
L. P. Jacks (1860–1955) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: BBC Radio National Lecture (1938), quoted in Unitarian Universalist Biographical Dictionary.