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True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.
Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.
Nature creates curved lines while humans create straight lines.
We are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.
For want of timely care Millions have died of medicable wounds.
Surely the right course is to test the Russians, not the bombs.
It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.
The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.
Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.
Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.
Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
-ev'n with us the breath Of Science dims the mirror of our joy.
The educated man is a greater nuisance than the uneducated one.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.
It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works.
Deep in the world of atomic nuclei, life is not always tranquil.
Stem cells are like toenail clippings with a better career plan.
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
Science when well-digested is nothing but good sense and reason.
The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
Science is really about individual experts reaching a consensus.
Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.
The superstitions of today are the scientific facts of tomorrow.
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves.
Creative geniuses are a slap-happy lot. Treat Them with respect.
The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.
Scientific truth will out, you can't hide the sun under a stone.
Current illusion is that science has abolished all natural laws.
I sleep better at night knowing that scientists can clone sheep.
I suggest that the best geologist is he who has seen most rocks.
I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
The existence of trousers proves that God meant us to be bipeds.
I've only actively promoted what we always hope is good science.
Physical geography and geology are inseparable scientific twins.
Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.