Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Scientists

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.

I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.

No water, no life. No blue, no green.

Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a future, we're the only animal that realized we can affect the future by what we do today.

Jupiter, a world far larger than Earth, is so warm that it currently radiates more internal heat than it receives from the Sun.

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.

Life is a DNA software system.

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again.

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.

Brain extenders are anything that get information out of our heads and into the physical world: calendars, key hooks by the front door, note pads, 'to do' lists.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

To me, mathematics, computer science, and the arts are insanely related. They're all creative expressions.

Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.'

I think what a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance.

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.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.

If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Without Ukraine, Dugin's fascist Eurasian Union project is impossible, and sooner or later, Russia itself will have to join the West and become free, leaving only a few despised and doomed islands of tyranny around the globe.

Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

Information flow is what the Internet is about. Information sharing is power. If you don't share your ideas, smart people can't do anything about them, and you'll remain anonymous and powerless.

If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

Human beings are social creatures. We are social not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

Omega-3 fatty acids are essential nutrients that we must get from our diets because our bodies cannot make them; they are crucial for early brain development, and there is much evidence that they promote cardiovascular health and cognitive function.

An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.

The solar system is completely wide open. Almost anywhere we go, I'm sure we would learn a lot.

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.

Life is short, and every moment is precious.

Humans are possessed, to some degree, with the power of foresight. Yet we so often learn things the hard way, through disaster.

Elon Musk is worried about AI apocalypse, but I am worried about people losing their jobs. The society will have to adapt to a situation where people learn throughout their lives depending on the skills needed in the marketplace.

One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.

Science and technology are going to be the basis for many of the solutions to social problems.

We need to stop being so profligate with fossil fuels, to rein back climate change and protect biodiversity. We need to work together, globally, and I'm optimistic that we will.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Juvenile justice is probably the area that's most ripe for reform, in the nice liberal sense of the word, simply because there's no getting around the fact that a teenage brain is not an adult brain.

What's the biggest function of a cell phone? What does a cell phone do for humanity? It makes people more productive.

One of the easiest things to incorporate into your everyday life is plank exercises: great for your core, great for your lower back.

We must not confuse religion with God, or technology with science. Religion stands in relationship to God as technology does in relation to science. Both the conduct of religion and the pursuit of technology are capable of leading mankind into evil; but both can prompt great good.