Scientist Quotes – City of Quotes

It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.

Jean Rostand

It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.

Jean Rostand

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As a planetary scientist, I don’t know what else to call Pluto: It’s big and round and thousands of miles wide.

Alan Stern

As a planetary scientist, I don’t know what else to call Pluto: It’s big and round and thousands of miles wide.

Alan Stern

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I am not the only scientist to be struck by the power and meaning of Lamium album in bloom.

Hope Jahren

I am not the only scientist to be struck by the power and meaning of Lamium album in bloom.

Hope Jahren

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What is it that the scientist finds useful in being able to relate a positive description of behavior to the solution of a maximizing problem? That is what a good deal of my own early work was about.

Paul Samuelson

What is it that the scientist finds useful in being able to relate a positive description of behavior to the solution of a maximizing problem? That is what a good deal of my own early work was about.

Paul Samuelson

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Children and scientists share an outlook on life. ‘If I do this, what will happen?’ is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist.

James Gleick

Children and scientists share an outlook on life. ‘If I do this, what will happen?’ is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist.

James Gleick

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I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don’t sit there reading ‘New Scientist,’ putting post-it notes next to ideas.

Alastair Reynolds

I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don’t sit there reading ‘New Scientist,’ putting post-it notes next to ideas.

Alastair Reynolds

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As a scientist and successful businessman, I understand that no one has a monopoly on good ideas.

Bill Foster

As a scientist and successful businessman, I understand that no one has a monopoly on good ideas.

Bill Foster

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A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.

Joss Whedon

A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.

Joss Whedon

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I play a scientist in a futuristic world in which 99% of the men have been wiped out. As a result, the women are nearly all homosexuals and the children are cloned.

Julie Bowen

I play a scientist in a futuristic world in which 99% of the men have been wiped out. As a result, the women are nearly all homosexuals and the children are cloned.

Julie Bowen

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‘Data scientist,’ as a profession, is largely a fad.

Harper Reed

‘Data scientist,’ as a profession, is largely a fad.

Harper Reed

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Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

Freeman Dyson

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

Freeman Dyson

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Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.

Shawn Amos

Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.

Shawn Amos

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A humble scientist is a good scientist.

Dan Shechtman

A humble scientist is a good scientist.

Dan Shechtman

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My father was a scientist, and I grew up in his laboratory. Maybe I am like him, but he is not like me.

Hope Jahren

My father was a scientist, and I grew up in his laboratory. Maybe I am like him, but he is not like me.

Hope Jahren

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I’ve always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.

Barbara Kingsolver

I’ve always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.

Barbara Kingsolver

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I spent almost 11 years at university. I have three degrees. I was a nutritional scientist for the Department of National Defense, and then I spent the next 20 years studying it and writing about it.

Harley Pasternak

I spent almost 11 years at university. I have three degrees. I was a nutritional scientist for the Department of National Defense, and then I spent the next 20 years studying it and writing about it.

Harley Pasternak

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You make sure you broaden yourself and have a good solid background in many different things. That’s what you need to be a good scientist.

Heidi Hammel

You make sure you broaden yourself and have a good solid background in many different things. That’s what you need to be a good scientist.

Heidi Hammel

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I was going to be a scientist.

Ben Okri

I was going to be a scientist.

Ben Okri

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The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

Henri Poincare

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

Henri Poincare

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I’m not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don’t shoulder lightly.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

I’m not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don’t shoulder lightly.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.

As a planetary scientist, I don’t know what else to call Pluto: It’s big and round and thousands of miles wide.

I am not the only scientist to be struck by the power and meaning of Lamium album in bloom.

What is it that the scientist finds useful in being able to relate a positive description of behavior to the solution of a maximizing problem? That is what a good deal of my own early work was about.

Children and scientists share an outlook on life. ‘If I do this, what will happen?’ is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist.

I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don’t sit there reading ‘New Scientist,’ putting post-it notes next to ideas.

As a scientist and successful businessman, I understand that no one has a monopoly on good ideas.

A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.

I play a scientist in a futuristic world in which 99% of the men have been wiped out. As a result, the women are nearly all homosexuals and the children are cloned.

‘Data scientist,’ as a profession, is largely a fad.

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.

A humble scientist is a good scientist.

My father was a scientist, and I grew up in his laboratory. Maybe I am like him, but he is not like me.

I’ve always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.

I spent almost 11 years at university. I have three degrees. I was a nutritional scientist for the Department of National Defense, and then I spent the next 20 years studying it and writing about it.

You make sure you broaden yourself and have a good solid background in many different things. That’s what you need to be a good scientist.

I was going to be a scientist.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

I’m not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don’t shoulder lightly.