SCIENCE QUOTES

Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections — a mere heart of stone.

Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure.

It is mere rubbish thinking, at present, of origin of life; one might as well think of origin of matter.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this — that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind we neglect to seek for its true helps.

Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas.

There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.