Science Quotes

Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly.

Leonardo da Vinci
- May
- Past
- Knowledge
To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance in increasingly larger regions of space and time is science.

Hannes Alfven
- Time
- Knowledge
- Space

If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, autographs, and prop guns and weapons. I have to draw the line somewhere.

Kirk Hammett Metallica
- Space
- Star
- Wall
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

Carl Sagan
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

Baruch Spinoza
- Science
- Freedom
- Progress
Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.

Sam Harris
- World
- Science
- Knowledge
People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon....This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred scripture tells us (Joshua 10:13) that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.

Martin Luther
- People
- Scripture
- Heavens
For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.

Sally Ride
- Friends
- Parents
- Teacher