The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.

That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.

History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another.

History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another.

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

The collective matrix of a science at a given time is determined by a kind of establishment, which includes universities, read more

The collective matrix of a science at a given time is determined by a kind of establishment, which includes universities, learned societies, and, more recently, the editorial offices of technical journals. Like other establishments, they are consciously or unconsciously bent on preserving the status quo- partly because unorthodox innovations are a threat to their authority, but also because of the deeper fear that their laboriously erected an intellectual edifice might collapse under the impact.