Leon M. Lederman Quotes

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

Our single greatest defense against scientific ignorance is education, and early in the life of every scientist, the child's first interest was sparked by a teacher.

Only by ignorance is science threatened.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

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

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.

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

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.

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

Information can bring you choices and choices bring power - educate yourself about your options and choices. Never remain in the dark of ignorance.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

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.

You can’t have opinions unless you have information.

Apollo was designed not to conquer enemies but to conquer ignorance.