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"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale." »Marie Curie
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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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"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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"No one but a theorist believes his theory; everyone puts faith in a laboratory result but the experimenter himself." »Albert Einstein, quoted in Scientific American, September 2004, page 69
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"[The body is] a marvelous machine...a chemical laboratory, a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels!" »Theodor Herzl
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"The body is a marvelous machine...a chemical laboratory, a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels" »Theodor Herzl
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"What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad." »Dave Barry
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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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"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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"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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"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. After a war it seems more like astrology." »Dame 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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"science is not a sacred cow. science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it." »Aubrey Eben
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of the mysteries of the universe. How could anyone think it dull?" »Dick Francis, Twice Shy
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"Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise." »Ivan Pavlov
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"science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence." »Louis Pasteur
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"We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." »Carl Sagan
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"science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes." »Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla), James Reston, Galileo, A Life, HarperCollins, NY, 1994, p 461.
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