Quotes by Scientist You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true. Christopher Hampton scientistimportanttheory Every scientist should remove the word 'impossible' from their lexicon. Christopher Reeve lexiconscientistimpossible If the theory accurately predicts what they [scientists] see, it confirms that it's a good theory. If they see something that the theory didn't lead them to believe, that's what Thomas Kuhn calls an anomaly. The anomaly requires a revised theory - and you just keep going through the cycle, making a better theory. Clayton Christensen scientistanomaliesbelieve Scientists are a bunch of romantics. Colonel Sanders scientistbunch What we need to do is to humanize the scientist and simonize the humanist. C.P. Snow scientisthumanistneeds A number of our scientists boast intelligence but lack wisdom. I find those to be the predictable ones. Criss Jami scientistboastnumbers Scientists are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health. Dalai Lama scientisthatredcompassion I wasn't naturally a scientist, but I was always fascinated by how the world worked and why things were the way they were. Dallas Campbell scientistwayworld Even brilliant scientists Google themselves. Dan Brown googlescientistbrilliant I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers. Daniel Dennett philosopherscientistanswers I thank God for not making me a computer scientist. Daniel J. Bernstein scientistcomputerthank-god I think, though, that we need to be armed with the critical thinking skills that lawyers and scientists and journalists such as yourself have. We all need to have those as we make our way through the day. And they're not that hard to acquire. Daniel Levitin scientistlawyerthinking We journalists... are also extremely impressed with scientists, and we will, frankly, print just about any wacky thing they tell us, especially if it involves outer space. Dave Barry printscientistspace The best computer scientists are...technologists who crave beauty. David Gelernter scientistcravecomputer Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary. David Suzuki carbon-taxcapsscientist Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail. Dean Ornish scientistoften-isideas Science is what scientists do, not what nonscientists think they do or ought to be doing. Dennis Flanagan scientistsciencethinking Science is what scientists do. Dennis Flanagan scientist Because scientists know that all human beings do not age at the same rate, biological age is measured by how well one's physiological systems are functioning. Deepak Chopra ratescientistage Scientists are always skeptics. Donald A. Norman skepticscientist«1234567891011»
