Margot Lee Shetterly Quotes

I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation.

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

I like solving problems, and science provides a logical way of solving real-life problems.

Science, science is great. I love science. With any luck, it'll save us all.

I'm not a scientist.

I don't consider myself an expert in the why.

Mathematics is the gate and key to science.

Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case.

I'm no expert on American politics.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.

Physics is a hobby of mine, as much as a person of limited intelligence can understand physics.

I was going to be a scientist.

I don't pretend I know everything.

I don't have all the answers.

I'm not a military strategist.

Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

First off, I'm not a scientist, and I make no apology for that.

I do not know it all and do not claim to.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.

Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.