George Wald Quotes

Science is about filling in the details.

Science is always inquiring.

Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting.

Science is about unravelling nature.

The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.

I'm first and foremost a scientist.

Science is a quest for understanding.

I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around.

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

Science is facts.

Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.

Science is not gadgetry.

My laboratory is like a church because it is where I figure out what I believe.

Science isn't just for guys in lab coats, you know? It's for anybody who wants to do a good job of understanding and investigating the world.

Science is about questioning things.

Scientific inquiry starts with observation. The more one can see, the more one can investigate.

I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

Experimentation is an active science.

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

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

The fundamental essence of science, which I think we've lost in our education system, is poking something with a stick and seeing what happens. Embrace that process of inquiry.

That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out.

You can theorize as much as you want about what you think you're seeing, but until you get out there and dig, you can't tell exactly what it is.

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