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"Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it." »Mark Twain
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"There are two kinds of science: The black science and the white science. The science of weapon production is the black one. Working in this category of science is a great betrayal to humanity!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"I do not mean to suggest that our handsome, newly enlarged library is to be a headquarters of busy bookworms, old and young, routinely absorbing knowledge by the hour while birds sing outside and the Mets fight it out for last place in the National League. On the contrary, a good library is a joyful place where the imagination roams free, and life is actively enriched." »John K. Hutchens
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"He who has spent billions on churches, on mosques and on every kind of sanctuaries is guilty of not giving that money to the science! The path of sanctuary does not lead to God; the path of the faith does not lead to God; only the path of science leads to God! The bridge between man and the unknown God is not worshipping but it is science, only the science!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all." »Isaac Asimov
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"science is one thing, wisdom is another. science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers." »Sir Arthur Eddington
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"The “stream” we call science always flows forward; sometimes reactionary beavers block its flow, but the stream is never defeated by this; it accumulates, gathers strength; its waters get over the barrage and continue on their course. The advancement of science is the advancement of God, for science is nothing but human intelligence, and human intelligence is the most valuable treasure God has bequeathed us." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"The line between the white-science and the black-science is very narrow. You can open roads or you can kill people by the same dynamite!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"What have you done for science today? Stop doing things for God! He doesn't need anything. Do something for science, for God's sake!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"science is a seagull, it knows the sky; it is a squirrel, it knows the forest; it is a mole, it knows the underground; it is a dolphin, it knows the ocean! science is a multi-talented creature!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true." »Carl Sagan
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"A library is an arsenal of liberty." »Unknown
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"My library
Was dukedom large enough." »William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2
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"Before a war, military science seems a real science, like astronomy. After a war it seems more like astrology." »Dame Rebecca West
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"science is not a sacred cow. science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it." »Aubrey Eben
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"Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology." »Rebecca West
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"Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology." »Rebecca West
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"Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one." »Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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"What can I wish to the youth of my country who devote themselves to science? ...Thirdly, passion. Remember that science demands from a man all his life. If you had two lives that would not be enough for you. Be passionate in your work and in your searching." »Ivan Pavlov
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"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to a library." »Frank Zappa
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"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." »Jorge Luis Borges
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"science is facts just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science." »Henri Poincare
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"science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science." »Henri Poincare
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"Man! What are you? Who are you? Just a shadow in this universe! You always forget this and the truth will always remind you what you really are! Do you want to be a real thing, not just a shadow? Improve your science ten thousand times; improve your science hundred thousand times! If you can’t improve your science, you will remain as a miserable shadow!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him." »Harry Emerson Fosdick
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"A good library at home is a giant empire inside the house." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory, is it then a science or faith?" »Charles Darwin
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"It may not seem like much, but think of the consequences. One overdue library book today, the collapse of the universe by the end of the week." »Gareth Roberts
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"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to need, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it." »Conan Doyle
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"science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated" »Tyron Edwards
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