If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say.

— Barbara McClintock

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

— Benjamin Franklin

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

— Aristotle

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

— Aristotle

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

— Elizabeth Blackburn

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!

— Coco Chanel

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.

— Claude Lévi-Strauss

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

— Albert Einstein

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

— Anne Frank

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

— Stephen Hawking

Science is magic that works.

— Kurt Vonnegut

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

— Madeleine L'Engle

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but 'That's funny...'

— Isaac Asimov

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

— Ellen Ochoa

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

Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life.

— Mae Jemison

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

— Arthur C. Clarke

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

— Terry Pratchett

Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration.

— Lise Meitner

It is strange that only extraordinary men make the discoveries, which later appear so easy and simple.

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The beginning is always today.

— Mary Shelley

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

— Christopher Hitchens

Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game. It's about where we are and where we're going.

— Nichelle Nichols

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

— Maria Montessori

Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily.

— Gertrude B. Elion

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

— Carl Sagan

Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything.

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

Millions saw the apple fall, Newton was the only one who asked why?

— Bernard M. Baruch

In nature nothing exists alone.

— Rachel Carson

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

— Thomas A. Edison

Dreams seldom materialize on their own.

— Dian Fossey

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

— Jane Goodall

Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Computing is too important to be left to men.

— Karen Spärck Jones

We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us.

— Evelyn Boyd Granville

Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes; yet they are usually left unchronicled.

— William Ramsay

It is invaluable to have a friend who shares your interests and helps you stay motivated.

— Maryam Mirzakhani

Hope and curiosity about the future seemed better to me than guarantee.

— Hedy Lamarr

The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.

— Mary Leakey

Courage is like — it's a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

— Marie M. Daly

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

— Carl Sagan

We ignore public understanding of science at our peril.

— Eugenie Clark

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

— Niels Bohr

All sorts of things can happen when you're open to new ideas and playing around with things.

— Stephanie Kwolek

The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be.

— Ada Lovelace

Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.

— Rosalind Franklin

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.

— Bill Nye

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.

— Rachel Carson

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

— Isaac Asimov

I am in a charming state of confusion.

— Ada Lovelace

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

— Nikola Tesla

We must go and see for ourselves.

— Jacques Cousteau

It's nice to be right sometimes.

— Peter Higgs

Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it. Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood.

— Marie Curie

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

— Richard Feynman

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

— Stephen Hawking

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

— Carl Sagan

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

— Carl Sagan

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

— Albert Einstein