Quotes by Scientists

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. Jean Rostand
Man Old Long Seeking Something He
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. Jean Rostand
Other Point Sincerity Suspecting Pessimism Pessimists Even
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. Jean Rostand
Wealth Nothing Admirable More Disadvantages Than Which Fortitude Tolerate Millionaires
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. Jean Rostand
Power Say Vocation Least Suspicious
Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become. Jean Rostand
Man Become Destined He Equal Origin Species
We, all of us, are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium evolves for so long that it begins to ask where it came from. Jill Tarter
Long Hydrogen Primordial Came Mixture Begins Where Happens Ask Us Helium
According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work. Jim Fowler
Work Out Guy Johnny Johnny Carson Dirty Dirty Work According Sent Who
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life. Joe Clark
Life Self-Respect Every Aspect Your
High salt intake is a risk factor for osteoporosis because excess dietary sodium promotes urinary calcium loss, leading to calcium loss from bone and therefore decreased bone density. Joel Fuhrman
Salt Bone High Risk Factor Excess Leading Because Intake Loss Density Dietary Therefore Osteoporosis Sodium
The American diet causes disease. It is composed of 25 percent animal products and 62 percent processed foods and only 5 percent of calories from fruits and vegetables. Joel Fuhrman
Animal Vegetables Composed Percent Only Foods Animal Products Calories Causes American Disease Diet Fruits Processed Products
I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear. John B. S. Haldane
Fear Long National Research Think Our Systems Economic Scientific Scientific Research However Continue Little Present
One of the most powerful scientific tools ever invented is the telephone. John C. Mather
Tools Telephone Invented Powerful Most Most Powerful Scientific Ever
Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do. John Carmack
You Matter Focus Going Deciding Things
In a world where it is so easy to neglect, deny, corrupt and suppress the truth, the scientist may find his discipline severe. For him, truth is so seldom the sudden light that shows new order and beauty; more often, truth is the uncharted rock that sinks his ship in the dark. John Cornforth
Truth Truth Is World Dark Light Discipline Beauty Neglect Severe Easy Find Corrupt More Uncharted Seldom New Suppress Him Rock Scientist His New Order Ship Deny May Often Where Order Shows Sudden
There was no 'before' the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time. John D. Barrow
Time Science Before Beginning Universe Our Once No Time Because
To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems. John Eccles
Appreciation World Better Problems Will Men Understanding Society Our Ourselves Fact Better Understanding Fellow Fellow Men Brain In Fact Richer Whole Extent
I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?' John Eccles
Age Experience Problem Student Am Came Existence Up Against Meaning Meaning Of Suddenly Medical
I am passionately devoted to the study of life, and particularly to the higher forms of life. John Eccles
Life Higher Study Particularly Devoted Am Passionately Forms
I came to realise that Darwinian evolution had no explanation of me as an experiencing self. John Eccles
Me Evolution Darwinian Self Had Came Experiencing Realise Explanation
How we come to be, and how we are what we are, is beyond any understanding. I have been obsessed by this, trying to understand the very nature of my existence. John Eccles
Nature Understanding Obsessed Come Beyond Understand How Been Existence Very Trying Any
A few days of idleness have completely sickened me, and given me what is called the blue-devils so severely, that I feel that the sooner I go to work and drive them off, the better. John James Audubon
Work Me Better Drive Few Given Feel Sooner Days Idleness Go Off Them
Ah! How often when I have been abroad on the mountains has my heart risen in grateful praise to God that it was not my destiny to waste and pine among those noisome congregations of the city. John James Audubon
God Heart Grateful Mountains Those Destiny City Risen Abroad How Praise Been Pine Often Waste Among
Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space. John Joly
Age Space Universe Our Earth Immensity Part Does Geological Duration Same Views Plays
Our only security is our ability to change. John Lilly
Change Our Security Ability Only
The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. John Tukey
Value Picture See Never Forces Greatest Expected Us Notice
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. John Tukey
Better Made Right Question Approximate Exact Wrong Answer Always Question Than Precise Often Which Far Right Vague
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