Science Quotes

"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."

Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Neil Armstrong

"The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever."

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

"You are just your intelligence."

Kalpana Chawla

"Saare Jahan Se Achha (Better than the whole world)."

Rakesh Sharma

"We must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society."

Vikram Sarabhai

"No power is as costly as no power."

Homi J. Bhabha

"The pursuit of science has often been compared to the scaling of mountains, high and not so high."

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

"Science can wait, but Swaraj cannot."

Prafulla Chandra Ray

"In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall come nearer to success and that success in our aims is worth attaining."

Rosalind Franklin

"Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity."

Lise Meitner

"If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say."

Barbara McClintock

"I wonder whether the tiny atoms and nuclei, or the mathematical symbols, or the DNA molecules have any preference for either masculine or feminine treatment."

Chien-Shiung Wu

"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."

Mae Jemison

"Like what you do, and then you will do your best."

Katherine Johnson

"The most dangerous phrase in the language is, 'We've always done it this way.'"

Grace Hopper

"My time will come."

Gregor Mendel

"One sometimes finds what one is not looking for."

Alexander Fleming

"How very little can be done under the spirit of fear."

Florence Nightingale

"Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

Jonas Salk

"There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery."

Enrico Fermi

"What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."

Werner Heisenberg

"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."

Stephen Hawking