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A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.
We all trust each other to some extent. We have to rely on experts to some extent, but we should learn to be sceptical.
I believe that the more thoroughly science is studied, the further does it take us from anything comparable to atheism.
Vortices of pure energy can exist and, if my theories are right, can compose the bodily form of an intelligent species.
The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.
Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas.
It's amazing how many people even today use a computer to do something you can do with a pencil and paper in less time.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that's the end of you.
The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real.
People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way - in such a way that often nobody believes me!
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
Science fiction can be exciting and very gripping, but it doesn't tell us anything about the universe in which we live.
My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part.
Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.
[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.
I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages.
We could say that practically all the problems of the human race are due to the fact that thought is not proprioceptive.
What Mach calls a thought experiment is of course not an experiment at all. At bottom it is a grammatical investigation.
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
You need to be curious, competitive, creative, stubborn, self-confident, skeptical, patient and be lucky to win a Nobel.
The true Logic for this world is the Calculus of Probabilities, which takes account of the magnitude of the probability.
Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express.
There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learned to separate them.
How we think about the future and the past determines everything about how we think about our situation as human beings.
Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and fancy women.
I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist. These are scientists who are making the future in their laboratories.
Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.
As usual, nature's imagination far surpasses our own, as we have seen from the other theories which are subtle and deep.
To believe something strongly when it is clearly hard to define and prove, and has not been proven, is to be prejudiced.
In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?
Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain aliens as many people believe, and the government is hushing it up
In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation.
The Same organizing forces that have shaped nature in all her forms are also responsible for the structure of our minds.
Well, our friend Dirac, too, has a religion, and its guiding principle is "God does not exist and Dirac is His prophet."
Feeling insignificant because the universe is large has exactly the same logic as feeling inadequate for not being a cow.
On the whole, the evidence indicates that model trends in the troposphere are very likely inconsistent with observations.
Archimedes constructing his circle pays with his life for his defective biological adaptation to immediate circumstances.
Every man's world picture is and always remains a construct of his mind and cannot be proved to have any other existence.
If we are going t stick to this damned quantum-jumping, then I regret that I ever had anything to do with quantum theory.
The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.
Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague.
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
The truth is, I pretend to be a cynic, but I am really a dreamer who is terrified of wanting something she may never get.
I got a lot of notoriety early on. Much of my career I was just trying to prove I was as good as the world thought I was.
A method is more important than a discovery, since the right method will lead to new and even more important discoveries.
Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it.
Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task.
What I most wanted even at that early age, was to capture and hold the truth, with the certainty and love that it brings.