Christopher Moore Quotes

Science by itself is about numbers, and it's about measuring things. It's very important but it's very dry.

Without a theory the facts are silent.

Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.

Every science consists in the coordination of facts; if the different observations were entirely isolated, there would be no science.

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

Science is facts.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

My colleagues have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it, however it may jar against their inclinations.

Science is a wonderful way of getting out what's real.

The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.

We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.

Theories without facts may be barren, but facts without theories are meaningless.

It is a very long and very difficult road from a fact to a conclusion. But it is a million times longer from a theory to a fact.

Particular facts are never scientific; only generalization can establish science.

We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation.

Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).

Science is defined in various ways, but today it is generally restricted to something which is experimental, which is repeatable, which can be predicted, and which is falsifiable.

One of the distinguishing features of anything that aspires to the name of science is the reproducibility of experimental results.

I really do think that science has an internal structure, and it makes sense, and we can test it.

Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.

Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.

Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting.

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

You can't prove any hypothesis, you can only improve or disprove it.

I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.