Welcome to our collection of Quotes by Scientists! Science has always been a driving force in human progress, pushing the boundaries of knowledge and understanding. Throughout history, brilliant minds from various scientific disciplines have made groundbreaking discoveries and shared their profound insights with the world. In this curated selection of quotes, we have gathered wisdom from renowned scientists who have shaped our understanding of the natural world, the cosmos, and the intricacies of life itself.
These quotes serve as a source of inspiration, motivation, and contemplation. Whether you’re a scientist, a student, or simply someone with a curious mind, you’ll find these words of wisdom to be both thought-provoking and enlightening. Feel free to use these quotes for various purposes – from sharing them on social media to incorporating them into your presentations or creative projects. Scroll down to explore the diverse perspectives and insights that these scientists have shared with the world. Enjoy, and let the wisdom of these great minds ignite your curiosity and passion for science!
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas Huxley
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. Helen Fisher
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force… We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter. Max Planck
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. Alexis Carrel
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature. Michael Faraday
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life. Frederick Banting
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. Alan Kay
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better. John Carmack
I was raised as an Orthodox Jew in a major neighborhood specializing in that, in Brooklyn. And somewhere when I was about 14, something changed. And that change probably involved updating every molecule in my body, in that I sort of realized: this is nonsense, there’s no God, there’s no free will, there is no purpose. Robert Sapolsky
It is difficult to think of a major industry that AI will not transform. This includes healthcare, education, transportation, retail, communications, and agriculture. There are surprisingly clear paths for AI to make a big difference in all of these industries. Andrew Ng
The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease. William Osler
Fortune favors the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. Georg C. Lichtenberg
The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people. Dian Fossey
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. Johannes Kepler
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. Jonas Salk
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. Donald Knuth
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Carl Sagan
We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation. Antoine Lavoisier
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin
We pass through this world but once. Stephen Jay Gould
No water, no life. No blue, no green. Sylvia Earle
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so. Galileo Galilei
You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. Alexander Fleming
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. Hippocrates
If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right. M. S. Swaminathan
Quality is everyone’s responsibility. W. Edwards Deming
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. Edsger Dijkstra
If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. Maxwell Maltz
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. Steve Irwin
Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world. There was no choice but to be pioneers; no time to be beginners. Margaret H. Hamilton
Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do. Benjamin Spock
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie
No matter the natural disaster I’ve covered, whether it’s a wildfire or flood, I always come back with a much greater perspective. Ginger Zee
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. Nicolaus Copernicus
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
Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided. Paracelsus
There is no safe blow to the head, especially for a child. Bennet Omalu
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. Jacob Bronowski
All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown. William Harvey
If our era is the next Industrial Revolution, as many claim, AI is surely one of its driving forces. Fei-Fei Li
Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else. Dmitri Mendeleev
Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. Ben Carson
You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings. Jane Goodall
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. Richard Dawkins
The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be. Konrad Lorenz
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver
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. E. O. Wilson
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. David Suzuki
I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society. Anthony Fauci
The idea is to die young as late as possible. Ashley Montagu
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. Lord Kelvin
Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe. Erwin Schrodinger
Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the ancient indigenous people and channel our consciousness and spirit to tend the garden and not destroy it. Bruce Lipton
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Loren Eiseley
If society will not admit of woman’s free development, then society must be remodeled. Elizabeth Blackwell
