Quotes about science
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Johannes Kepler1571–1630Translated by Edward Rosen, Kepler’s Conversation with Galileo’s Sidereal Messenger (1965), p. 39.Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians.
John Maynard Keynes1883–1946“Newton, the Man”; address to the Royal Society Club (1942), read by Geoffrey Keynes at the Newton Tercentenary Celebrations (1946)- John Maynard Keynes1883–1946The New Statesman and Nation, 21 October 1933, published in Collected Writings volume xxviii pages 21-22
As we give thanks for the Earth, will we live in such a way that the Earth can be grateful for us?
Robin Wall Kimmererborn 1953from interviews and conversations (2015)- Robin Wall Kimmererborn 1953Braiding Sweetgrass (2013), p. 36
A harvest is made honorable when it sustains the giver as well as the taker.
Robin Wall Kimmererborn 1953Braiding Sweetgrass (2013), p. 194To name and describe you must first see, and science polishes the gift of seeing.
Robin Wall Kimmererborn 1953Braiding Sweetgrass (2013), p. 48When all the world is a gift in motion, how wealthy we become.
Robin Wall Kimmererborn 1953Braiding Sweetgrass (2013), p. 31Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Strength to Love, Chapter 7Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Strength to Love (1963), Ch. 1: A tough mind and a tender heart
Paul Klee1879–1940Diary entry (Munich, 1909), # 857, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918; University of California Press, 1968, p. 236Random numbers should not be generated with a method chosen at random.
Donald Knuthborn 1938The Art of Computer Programming (1968–2011), Vol. II, Seminumerical Algorithms- Donald Knuthborn 1938The Art of Computer Programming (1968–2011), Vol. II, Seminumerical Algorithms, Section 3.3.2 part B, first paragraph (1969)
