Science Quotes

People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science.

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

All writers are going to have to learn more about science, because it's such an interesting part of their environment.

Experimentation is an active science.

When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey.

There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.

Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.

The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science.

In essence, the science of agronomy is inseparable from biology.

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science.

The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

With the observable fact that scientific knowledge makes our lives better when applied with concern for human welfare and environmental protection, there is no question that science and technology can produce abundance so that no one has to go without.

I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'

We must accept what science tells us, that man was born from the earth. But, more logical than the scientists who lecture us, we must carry this lesson to its conclusion: that is to say, accept that man was born entirely from the world - not only his flesh and bones but his incredible power of thought.

I really believe in science. It is a faith. It is a reverence akin to religion. But as we always say, it's different from religion in that, as near as we can tell, it exists outside of us. It has an objective quality, the process of science.

I was born in Beijing and raised in England and America. I studied political science in college and film in graduate school in New York.