Quotes about Scientists

"The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."
-Nikola Tesla

"What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on."
-Jacques Cousteau

"Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid."
-Dave Barry

"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality."
-Nikola Tesla

"I think that it's important for scientists to explain their work, particularly in cosmology. This now answers many questions once asked of religion."
-Stephen Hawking

"See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that."
-Douglas Adams

"Most scientists - no matter what they're doing, good or bad - never get any attention at all."
-Marc Abrahams

"In this situation, you lose the most active elements because the less exciting people stay at home and drink. I wouldn't call it a 'brain drain' because that term makes me think of rocket scientists. But it is a hemorrhaging and I don't think it's going to do Poland any good in the long run."
-Krzysztof Bobinski

"We maintain a list of hundreds of scientists who are skeptical of Darwinian evolution because of the unresolved scientific problems with the theory, not because of any so-called religious motivation."
-Bruce Chapman

"Too many lawyers really lacked an understanding of too many areas of science, and too few scientists really understood the workings of the legal system."
-Ben Wecht

"So hackers start original, and get good, and scientists start good, and get original."
-Paul Graham

"Part of the reason scientists stay in the comfort zone is that they can always say: well we don't know enough."
-David Carlson

"It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians."
-Henrik Ibsen

"After we looked around and noticed coral was dying all over the Caribbean, not just in Florida where we have sewage and other problems, I found some literature on the Amazon rain forest. In the late '80s and early '90s, scientists determined that the African dust supplies most of the essential nutrients for the rain forest."
-Gene Shinn

"You need forensic mathematicians, artists and psychologists as well as scientists. We're learning a little bit about all of it."
-Jeff Abraham

"We want them to pledge not to take action against the paper and all future papers as well, ... It's not appropriate for scientists to have to ask the industry for permission to present research."
-Cindy Cohn

"Evolution has not been proven, ... There are a growing number of scientists who are skeptical about Darwinism."
-Larry Taylor

"Intel is committed to encouraging and showcasing America's brightest young scientists."
-Brenda Musilli

"Let's say the kids are studying black holes. Through videoconferencing, the teacher could hook up the kids with NASA scientists. They can ask them questions."
-Luke Driver

"The National Academy of Sciences guidelines for stem cell research prohibits payment to egg donors, and scientists in the U.S. have embraced those principles. There is a right way and a wrong way, and we must be sure to perform this vitally important medical research the right way."
-Dr George Daley

"(The report) is not something that allows politicians to point their finger, but it is backed up by science and subject to review by other scientists, ... It lays the facts out on the table."
-Kevin Cahill

"Scientists don't work for medals, we are driven by curiosity, and the chance to do something to help others. But the medal is a comforting recognition that what one has done has made a difference."
-Brian Warner

"Despite his young age, Adam's dedication and creativity have led to great accomplishments and shows continued promise in the years to come. Undoubtedly, he represents the brightest and best of our future scientists and engineers."
-Brian Fuller

"I am a product of technology. We now have cameras available to the consumer that were of the same caliber in observatories only 10 years ago, ... Now amateurs can have a camera aperture unheard of 10, 20 years ago. An amateur can now do what scientists were doing five years ago."
-Scott Simon

"The competition draws the next generation of scientists and engineers."
-Jim Ellis

"Throughout Texas there's been some concern about retaining great scientists. I just think we're always at risk of losing people to the coasts."
-Jennifer West

"They have literally stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word -- definitely not."
-Kanwaljeet Anand

"I want them to raise money and I want them to give money to the scientists to make a cure."
-Pam Solo