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«Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.»
«There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi»
«The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them to rebel against it, and a scientist thinks of a method that does away with the hard lot altogether.»
«No doubt, a scientist isn't necessarily penalized for being a complex, versatile, >eccentric individual with lots of extra-scientific interests. But it certainly doesn't help him a bit.»
Author: Stephen Toulmin | About: Scientists | Keywords: extra, penalized, versatile
«Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution»
«Scientists are peeping Toms at the keyhole of eternity»
«Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.»
«There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.»
«The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.»
Author: Ray Bradbury | About: Scientists | Keywords: open to, romance, scientist
«Scientists are complaining that the new Dinosaur movie shows dinosaurs with lemurs, who didn't evolve for another million years. They're afraid the movie will give kids a mistaken impression. What about the fact that the dinosaurs are singing and dancing?»
Author: Jay Leno (Comedian, Host) | About: Scientists