http://www.toomanyquotes.comhttp://www.toomanyquotes.com/categories/science Recently added Science quotes and sayings. en-us On two occasions I have been asked, – "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:23:58 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/on-two-occasions-i-have-been-asked-%E2%80%93-pray-mr-babbage-if-you-put-into-the-machine-wrong-figures-will-the-right-answers-come-out-in-one-case-a-member-of http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/on-two-occasions-i-have-been-asked-%E2%80%93-pray-mr-babbage-if-you-put-into-the-machine-wrong-figures-will-the-right-answers-come-out-in-one-case-a-member-of Existence is a mystery, and one should accept it as a mystery and not pretend to have any explanation. Fri, 15 May 2009 18:17:54 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/existence-is-a-mystery-and-one-should-accept-it-as-a-mystery-and-not-pretend-to-have-any-explanation http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/existence-is-a-mystery-and-one-should-accept-it-as-a-mystery-and-not-pretend-to-have-any-explanation I think, therefore I am. Fri, 15 May 2009 17:44:37 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/i-think-therefore-i-am http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/i-think-therefore-i-am In reality the universe has no geometry. Fri, 15 May 2009 17:27:10 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/in-reality-the-universe-has-no-geometry http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/in-reality-the-universe-has-no-geometry People are said to believe in God, or to disbelieve in Adam and Eve. But in such cases what is believed or disbelieved is that there is an entity answering a certain description. Fri, 15 May 2009 17:23:20 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/people-are-said-to-believe-in-god-or-to-disbelieve-in-adam-and-eve-but-in-such-cases-what-is-believed-or-disbelieved-is-that-there-is-an-entity-answer http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/people-are-said-to-believe-in-god-or-to-disbelieve-in-adam-and-eve-but-in-such-cases-what-is-believed-or-disbelieved-is-that-there-is-an-entity-answer The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:53:29 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-truth-of-a-theory-is-in-your-mind-not-in-your-eyes http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-truth-of-a-theory-is-in-your-mind-not-in-your-eyes To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:37:14 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/to-raise-new-questions-new-possibilities-to-regard-old-problems-from-a-new-angle-requires-creative-imagination-and-marks-real-advance-in-science http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/to-raise-new-questions-new-possibilities-to-regard-old-problems-from-a-new-angle-requires-creative-imagination-and-marks-real-advance-in-science There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:36:34 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/there-is-no-logical-way-to-the-discovery-of-these-elemental-laws-there-is-only-the-way-of-intuition-which-is-helped-by-a-feeling-for-the-order-lying-b http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/there-is-no-logical-way-to-the-discovery-of-these-elemental-laws-there-is-only-the-way-of-intuition-which-is-helped-by-a-feeling-for-the-order-lying-b There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:35:57 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/there-could-be-no-fairer-destiny-for-any-physical-theory-than-that-it-should-point-the-way-to-a-more-comprehensive-theory-in-which-it-lives-on-as-a-li http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/there-could-be-no-fairer-destiny-for-any-physical-theory-than-that-it-should-point-the-way-to-a-more-comprehensive-theory-in-which-it-lives-on-as-a-li There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:34:22 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/there-comes-a-time-when-the-mind-takes-a-higher-plane-of-knowledge-but-can-never-prove-how-it-got-there http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/there-comes-a-time-when-the-mind-takes-a-higher-plane-of-knowledge-but-can-never-prove-how-it-got-there The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:28:27 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-unleashed-power-of-the-atom-has-changed-everything-save-our-modes-of-thinking-and-we-thus-drift-toward-unparalleled-catastrophe http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-unleashed-power-of-the-atom-has-changed-everything-save-our-modes-of-thinking-and-we-thus-drift-toward-unparalleled-catastrophe The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:24:14 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-release-of-atomic-energy-has-not-created-a-new-problem-it-has-merely-made-more-urgent-the-necessity-of-solving-an-existing-one http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-release-of-atomic-energy-has-not-created-a-new-problem-it-has-merely-made-more-urgent-the-necessity-of-solving-an-existing-one The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:20:19 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-process-of-scientific-discovery-is-in-effect-a-continual-flight-from-wonder http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-process-of-scientific-discovery-is-in-effect-a-continual-flight-from-wonder You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:15:28 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/you-ask-me-if-i-keep-a-notebook-to-record-my-great-ideas-i-ve-only-ever-had-one http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/you-ask-me-if-i-keep-a-notebook-to-record-my-great-ideas-i-ve-only-ever-had-one When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:12:53 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/when-you-are-courting-a-nice-girl-an-hour-seems-like-a-second-when-you-sit-on-a-red-hot-cinder-a-second-seems-like-an-hour-that-s-relativity http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/when-you-are-courting-a-nice-girl-an-hour-seems-like-a-second-when-you-sit-on-a-red-hot-cinder-a-second-seems-like-an-hour-that-s-relativity When the solution is simple, God is answering. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:11:49 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/when-the-solution-is-simple-god-is-answering http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/when-the-solution-is-simple-god-is-answering We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:10:03 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/we-still-do-not-know-one-thousandth-of-one-percent-of-what-nature-has-revealed-to-us http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/we-still-do-not-know-one-thousandth-of-one-percent-of-what-nature-has-revealed-to-us To the master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:58:14 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/to-the-master-s-honor-all-must-turn-each-in-its-track-without-a-sound-forever-tracing-newton-s-ground http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/to-the-master-s-honor-all-must-turn-each-in-its-track-without-a-sound-forever-tracing-newton-s-ground You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:52:31 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/you-have-to-learn-the-rules-of-the-game-and-then-you-have-to-play-better-than-anyone-else http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/you-have-to-learn-the-rules-of-the-game-and-then-you-have-to-play-better-than-anyone-else The man of science is a poor philosopher. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:07:24 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-man-of-science-is-a-poor-philosopher http://www.toomanyquotes.com/personal_quotes/the-man-of-science-is-a-poor-philosopher