“It is the business of the future to be dangerous and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.”
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Carl Sagan
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Richard Dawkins
5 quotes“The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.”
Jules Verne
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Tesla
2 quotes“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previou...”
Galileo
2 quotes“Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.”
George Carlin
2 quotes“Electricity is really just organized lightning.”
Atatürk
2 quotes“Our true mentor in life is science.”
Thomas Hardy
2 quotes“If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.”
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
2 quotes“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
Dalai Lama
2 quotes“We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must...”
Émile Durkheim
1 quote“It is science, and not religion, which has taught men that things are complex and difficult to understand.”
Leonardo da Vinci
1 quote“Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.”