Quotes

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” 

― Carl Sagan

_{Frequently attributed but actually from an editorial line from a Newsweek interview}

In fact, it is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. Some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it, in fact, is that it is unquestionably correct. 

— Michio Kaku

_{Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and The Tenth Dimension (1994) pg 262}

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."

-Marie Curie

 _{'Need We Fear Our Nuclear Future?', Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Jan 1968), 24}

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” 

― Albert Einstein

_{Attributed, unknown origin}

The old saying of the two kinds of truth. To the one kind belongs statements so simple and clear that the opposite assertion obviously could not be defended. The other kind, the so-called 'deep truths', are statements in which the opposite also contains deep truth. 

-Niels Bohr

 'Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics', in P. A. Schilpp (ed.), Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist (1949), 240.

"I often use the word serendipity because I believe that in order for coincidences to happen, the process leading up to it is very important"

-Sumio Iijima

_{About myself, To the younger generation, in Innovative Engine, column for NEC researchers, Sep.25, 2007}

"To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose."

-Florence Nightingale

_{Adapted in: The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton (1924), Vol 2, 415}

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” 

― Isaac Asimov

_{"Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Questions" (New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988), p. 281.}

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."

-Nikola Tesla

_{Quoted from Cleveland Moffitt, 'A Talk With Tesla', Atlanta Constitution (7 Jun 1896)} 

"Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment."

-Rosalind Franklin, 

_{Excerpted in Brenda Maddox, The Dark Lady of DNA (2002), 61}