Quotes · Reference dataset
Science Quotes
Quotations about science, paired with their attributed speakers or authors.
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| ID | Quote | Person |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. | Hippocrates |
| 9 | The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. | Isaac Asimov |
| 8 | The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them. | Sir William Bragg |
| 7 | Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. | George Bernard Shaw |
| 6 | Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination. | Bertrand Russell |
| 5 | Science is simply common sense at its best. That is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. | Thomas Huxley |
| 4 | New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure. | Herbert Hoover |
| 3 | Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. | Charles Darwin |
| 2 | I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. | Marie Curie |
| 1 | However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible. | Lewis Mumford |
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Last checked against sources: October 15, 2026.
Last changed: July 17, 2026. This is when we last changed the data or its description. It doesn’t mean the data runs up to that date.
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