James C. Maxwell Quotes

It's very important for us to see that science is done by people, not just brains but whole human beings, and sometimes at great cost.

But now I've got a young son and his interest is in science and now when I talk to him, I see that in the science sphere of our lives there is new, there is progress.

As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.

It was getting the results that made science worth doing; the accolades were a thin, secondary pleasure.

It was the late Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar who, by founding the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, made it possible for the scientific aspirations of my early years to continue burning brightly.

So now, if we don't fund the physical sciences, where will the Next Big Thing come from?

As a kid, I was less interested in the physical tinkering than thinking about what we would now call the physics, as opposed to the engineering.

Indian science has a bright future.

If you look at my track record as government chief scientific advisor, I've always recognized that all of the sciences are important to all of research, and we need a balance.

People have this idea that if you're not brilliant like Einstein, you can't be a scientist. And that's just a myth. He was the one out of a million scientists, but there were 999,999 other scientists who were not as brilliant but who just do great science, as well.

Fundamental science that may not achieve results must be supported at the state level.

I guess it's inevitable that I would become somebody who would write about scientists.

Of course I have other interests, but on the other hand, science is a lifestyle in the sense that it's a combination of profession and hobby.

There's a lot of faith expressed by scientists about science. It's kind of an act of faith that science is a good thing. We don't know that for sure. We may not know that millions of years from now.

I believe in science. We're going to bring back science to the state of Wisconsin.

People have asked me whether I have a science background. No, but I have a great curiosity about the kinds of things we do on 'Discover.'

The most exciting science requires the most complex instruments.

Everyone who's rational should have an interest in science. The future of our planet depends on our understanding of science... It's something I value immensely.

If we choose to ignore science and refuse to fund important scientific research, we voluntarily cede our place as a world leader in innovation.

There are two - parallel - universes of science. One is the actual day-to-day work of scientists, patiently researching into all parts of the world and sometimes making amazing discoveries. The other is the role science plays in the public imagination - the powerful effect it has in shaping how millions of ordinary people see the world.

If you'd got a very conservative Republican in power, they might not be happy about some of the scientific research going on, because it conflicts with their fundamental beliefs.

I see no difference between scientific exploration and human exploration.

If you suppress laboratories, physical science will be stricken with barrenness and death.

Again there is another great and powerful cause why the sciences have made but little progress; which is this. It is not possible to run a course aright when the goal itself has not been rightly placed.

The job of a theoretical physicist is to make mistakes as fast as possible .