Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Scientists are the true driving force of civilization.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

My brother is a scientist. He's a professor at MIT. He brought science fiction into my world.

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

Science is definitely part of America's infrastructure, the engine of prosperity. And yet science is given almost no visibility in the media.

Science is the key to our future, and if you don't believe in science, then you're holding everybody back.

We are in a war on ignorance, a war on scientific ignorance.

Our security and independence require that more young people devote themselves to science and research.

We live in a world economically, socially, and culturally dependent on science not only functioning well, but being wisely applied.

I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.

The space shuttle was designed, at least in part, to broaden our knowledge of the universe. To scientists, the vehicle was a tool; to engineers, it was their creation.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

There's always been this tradition of satirizing these rich groups of people.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

Science should be the most fun job on the planet. You get to ask questions about the world around you and go out and seek the answers. Not to have fun doing that is crazy.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute; we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.

We will acquire knowledge and science wherever they are to be found and we will stuff them into the head of every individual in the country. No limits, no conditions can be attached to knowledge and science.

If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants.