For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.

For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.

If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.

If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the read more

A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles read more

But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles still bid us defiance,
Old questions of Why and of Whence.

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft read more

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft und Kunst gehoren der Welt an, und vor ihhen
verschwinden die Schranken der Nationalitat.]

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.