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		There is absolutely no scientific basis or evidence for 'intelligent design.' It is simply a religious assertion, and it has no place in a science course.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Hillis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Coleman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A science is something which is constructed from truth on workable axioms. There are 55 axioms in scientology which are very demonstrably true, and on these can be constructed a great deal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				L. Ron Hubbard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Floyd Skloot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imogen Cunningham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Isaac Asimov 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mae Jemison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You see, I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imogen Cunningham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vilayanur S. Ramachandran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abraham Maslow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I defy anyone to produce any evidence that the word 'happy' has ever crossed my lips. I am not now, nor have I ever been, 'happy.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry David 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		We have to learn again that science without contact with experiments is an enterprise which is likely to go completely astray into imaginary conjecture. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hannes Alfven 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At Swarthmore, the Dean of Women was very opposed to women going into science or engineering - so opposed that if she couldn't talk a girl out of it, she just never had anything more to do with her for the four years she was there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nancy Roman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. John Harrison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my first publishable research, I obtained evidence that the replication of polio viral RNA engendered a multi-stranded intermediate, although my description of that intermediate proved flawed in its details. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. Michael Bishop 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There has no doubt to be fundamental research in science, but applied research is equally important for new improvements and changes in our techniques. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lal Bahadur Shastri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I live and work with three basic assumptions, 1) There is no problem in science that can be solved by a man that cannot be solved by a woman. 2) Worldwide, half of all brains are in women. 3) We all need permission to do science, but, for reasons that are deeply ingrained in history, this permission is more often given to men than to women. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vera Rubin