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Quotations by Subject: Science (38 quotes)

Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.: Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"
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Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.: Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...': Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.: Lewis Thomas (1913 - 1993)
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Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.: E. W. Dijkstra
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.: Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984), quoted by Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1982
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995), Esar's Comic Dictionary
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