Never rely on an authority in science. Even the greatest genius can be wrong — whether he has one or two Nobel prizes, or none.Erwin Schrödinger
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'Roy Blount Jr.
My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.Herbert Read
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.Friedrich Nietzsche
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.John Stuart Mill
In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.Stephen Jay Gould
I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.Oscar Wilde