Quotes about science
558 quotes from 241 people
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Edward Abbey1927–1989“The Second Rape of the West”, p. 183The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.
Edward Abbey1927–1989“Shadows from the Big Woods”, p. 223- Edward Abbey1927–1989“The Heart of Noon”, p. 116
- Edward Abbey1927–1989The Journey Home (1977), “Shadows from the Big Woods”, p. 225
If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
Edward Abbey1927–1989A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)Come on in. The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone — and to no one.
Edward Abbey1927–1989The Journey Home (1977), “Come On In”, p. 88- Edward Abbey1927–1989Preface (dated June 1987) for 1988 reprint of Desert Solitaire
Ansel Adams1902–1984Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (1985)Sir Isaac Newton, renowned inventor of the milled-edge coin and the catflap!
Douglas Adams1952–2001Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987)- Douglas Adams1952–2001Douglas Adams. The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time. New York: Random House, 2002, 135–136.
- Douglas Adams1952–2001Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
- Douglas Adams1952–2001Speech at The University of California, videoed by UCTV (May 2001).
Aristotle384–322 BCPolitics, Book I, 1253a.8
Neil Armstrong1930–2012First words from the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle after guiding the craft to a landing on the Moon at 4:17pm EDT (20 July 1969)
