Callan McAuliffe Quotes

Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.

The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists.

In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should you believe me? Never believe anything on the authority of a single person but seek confirmation — and reason is the best confirmation

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

There's no point of having faith if you have evidence.

Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, 'Yes, gravity is real! I will have faith!'

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

[It's] troubling because it reminds us how difficult it is to prove anything. We like to pretend that our experiments define the truth for us. But that's often not the case. Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true. When the experiments are done, we still have to choose what to believe.

The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.

I don't believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn't matter whether the theory is true or not.

If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value evidence. If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument would you invoke to prove they should value logic?

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition.

If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true. If the only reason you can accept a claim is by faith, then you are admitting that the claim does not stand on its own merits.

I believe that through its rational evaluation of truth and indifference to personal belief, science transcends religious and political divisions and so does bind us into a greater, more resilient whole.

God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.

I believe science has a wonderful ability, in an unbiased way, to offer hope to many people who are confused, but it's not the only way to find hope.

I'm not a religious man... I find I am a fan of science. I believe in science. A humility before the facts. I find that a moving and beautiful thing. And belief in the unknown I find less interesting. I find the known and the knowable interesting enough.

My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true.

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

Let us unite on the safe and sure ground of fact and experiment, and we can never err; yet better, we can never differ.

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

A thing that nobody believes cannot be proved too often.