Quotes by Scientists

Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy. John James Audubon
Life Family Me Happy Grateful Eyes Affection Numerous Possessing Abandoned Members Lift Never Share Feel Towards Supreme Make Supreme Being Am Dear Surrounded Friends Being Who Agreeable Sufficient Enjoying
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. Margaret Mead
Women Believe Too Combat Because Females Fierce Using
Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Thought Mysteries Every Everything Secrets Find Exactly Seems More Remains Had How Surprises Brain Human Probe Human Brain Biggest Produced Ever
Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private 'revelation'. Richard Dawkins
Book People Blindly Own Minds Evidence Religious Follow Revelation Private Off Want Fanatics Holy Holy Book Ignore Switch Based
It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has. William Osler
Important Patient More Know Sort Than Disease Much Medical
As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely identified, a good resolution is far more likely. Conversely, a bad diagnosis usually means a bad outcome, no matter how skilled the physician. Andrew Weil
Good You Healing Doctor Matter Physician Tell Bad Outcome Having More Crucial Step Toward Most Likely Identified Diagnosis How Disease Precisely Any Far Skilled Means Right Resolution
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. Carl Sagan
Religion Thoughts Science Both Nonsense Which Skeptical Scrutiny Means Deep
The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic. Charles Darwin
Beginning Must All Things Remain Mystery Content Us Agnostic Things
The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work. David Suzuki
Work Health Heart Diabetes Cancer Problems Healthy Energy Our Ways Stroke Evolved Tells Risk More Through Instead Most Exercise Alzheimer Reduce Healthy Diet Effective Heart Disease Disease Diet Move Oil Literature Us Bodies Use Many Now Medical Muscles
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us. David Suzuki
Natural Money Water Soil Will Air Alive Destroy Systems Well Us Function Keep Amount Biodiversity Save
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. Galileo Galilei
Education Mathematics Advice Beginning Would Follow Studies Were Again Plato Start
God cannot use you as He wishes until you come into the fullness of His Glory. Do not get alarmed, my friend, when doubts creep in. That is old Satan. Pray, pray, pray. George Washington Carver
God You Satan Old My Friend He Wishes Come Until Glory Pray His Friend Get Cannot Use Doubts Fullness Creep
We have become 99 percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts. George Washington Carver
Day Home Money Become Lost Living Our Mad Systematically Percent Laying Almost Come Within Due Method Proverbial Listed Arts Which Little Modestly Income Among Rainy Rainy Day
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. Isaac Asimov
Inspirational Life Good You Man Yourself People Will Own Not Good Enough Think Enough Reckoning All Things Above Take Never Should Your Belief Things
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. Isaac Asimov
Knowledge Ignorance Problems Solve Through Them Create
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. Isaac Asimov
Science Light Single Everywhere Anywhere Brighten
I think my message to the politicians who have within their power the ability to make change is, 'Do you really, really not care about the future of your great-grandchildren? Because if we let the world continue to be destroyed the way we are now, what's the world going to be like for your great-grandchildren?' Jane Goodall
Future You Change World Care Power Politicians Think Way Destroyed Ability About Like Message Make Because Within Continue Going Really Your Who Now
Cutting back on calories is not the answer to successful weight loss and successful health... you have to increase the quality of what you eat, not just reduce the quantity. Joel Fuhrman
Health You Quality Increase Back Eat Weight Weight Loss Quantity Answer Calories Reduce Loss Just Cutting Successful
Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family. John James Audubon
Smile Great Family You Welcome Men Assure Way Member Great Men About Particular Particular Way Politeness Were Show Keep
The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are always turning over rocks, jumping with two feet into mud puddles and playing with the tablecloth and fine china. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Natural Problem World Kids Fine Born About Adult Over Feet Always Scientifically Rocks Jumping Curious China Turning Mud Natural World Illiterate Playing Two
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often. Paracelsus
Life Music Better Sometimes Feeling Rule Guide Rules Though Must Composed Cases Had Instinct Nevertheless Like Know Often Doubtful Ear
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. Richard Dawkins
Faith Great Think Evidence Spite Excuse Perhaps Because Lack Evaluate Even Belief Cop-Out Need
Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine. Richard Stallman
Facebook Friend Surveillance Your Engine
Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control. Steven Pinker
Nature Human Nature Complex Empathy Self-Control Toward Also Human Inclination Even Cooperation Violence
Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics. Steven Pinker
Memory Mind Systematic Statistics Reliance Tells Anecdotes Vivid Rather Because Vulnerable Than Human Psychology Us Human Mind Many Illusions Cognitive
Something unknown is doing we don't know what. Arthur Eddington
Unknown Something Know Doing
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