119 result(s) for Funny Science Quotes.
"A scientist is never certain of anything. All he can do is give probabilities."
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."
"I am convinced that the only thing that saved me was that I had a good sense of humor."
"Physicists are the most humorous people in the world, because they understand the universe's irony."
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
"I don't want to believe. I want to know."
"Science is the poetry of reality."
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"If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"What is now proven was once only imagined."
"We are all made of star-stuff."
"Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand."
"Well done is better than well said."
"Science is organized knowledge."
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
"When scientists are certain, they say 'I know'—but they always follow it with 'but'..."
"Nature is like a scientist, collecting data to understand its subject."
"The great thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it."
"Science fiction is the most thrilling of all the sciences."
"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance."
"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination."
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"I have a classic car, it’s a 1967 Theoretical Physics."
"If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate."
"The laws of physics are not a mere suggestion."
"I think it’s not very scientific to say ‘History is the science of the past.’ I prefer ‘History is the science of the future.’"
"Einstein said, 'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.'"
"I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right."
"To be is to be perceived. I think. Or maybe not."
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
"I’m not a scientist, but I play one on TV."
"A day without laughter is a day wasted, especially in the context of scientific discovery."
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life—so try to be organized!"
"What scientists label as 'an experiment' is something most of us call 'Tuesday.'"
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
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"Why is it that scientists say they understand the universe, but often don't understand their own families?"
"I am not a great programmer; I am just a good programmer with great habits."
"In science, there are no shortcuts to truth. But a good joke helps."
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
"Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it."
"A physicist is like an artist, creating structures with invisible materials."
"Mathematics is the only subject that counts."
"Dr. Richard Dawkins once said, 'The only thing my talking teaches is that I talk too much.'"
"Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love."
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."
"The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it."
"I think a good scientist is always skeptical. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a physicist, biologist, chemist, or philosopher; you should question everything — even the answers you get."
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?"
"I can't bear to see myself in situations where I might be laughed at. So I avoid science."
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
"The universe is made of stories, not atoms."
"Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that’s not the reason we are doing it."
"There’s no crying in science!"
"The great tragedy of science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."
"What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."
"Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe."
"Theories are like a scientific haute couture, they look good in print but seldom match reality."
"Behind every great man, there’s a woman rolling her eyes."
"Science is the knowledge of the world and technology is what you do with that knowledge."
"The human mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you get up to speak in public."
"Do you realize if it weren’t for Edison we’d be watching TV by candlelight?"
"An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing."
"It is a matter of great importance to learn to laugh at ourselves."
"If we don’t know what we’re doing, we won’t know whether we’ve succeeded or not."
"In science, you can never prove anything with 100% certainty, only support, or refute."
"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he’s one who asks the right questions."
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
"I think I can say I've had more success than I've had failures, but it's a lesson that I keep learning. Failure is just as important as success, especially in science."
"I have a great enthusiasm for science. I love it – It lets me be wrong in interesting ways."
"The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief."
"Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do."
"I think we should be like plants. You shouldn't interact with people too much, just sunbathe a little and then photograph it."
"In science, there are no shortcuts to truth."
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
"To be a scientist is to be a passionate amateur."
"I don’t know what the question is, but the answer is definitely ‘42.’"
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible."
"Dear Math, I'm not a therapist. Solve your own problems."
"A scientist is a person who sees what everyone else has seen and thinks what nobody else has thought."
"Why did the chicken join a band? Because it had the drumsticks!"
"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms."
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself... and spiders."
"That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. (And a lot of other stuff, too!)"
"The electron is a fascinating creature, and when you ask it a question, it doesn’t give you a direct answer. It gives you the answer you didn’t ask for."
"There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't."
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
"Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet."
"Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot!"
"You’re not completely useless. You can always serve as a bad example."
"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow."
"If I could be anything in the world, I would be a molecule. They’re always in the right place at the right time."
"Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it."
"The periodic table is a great way to see what elements go together – kind of like dating."
"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
"I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula and Superman away."
"An atom walks into a bar. The bartender asks, ‘What’s wrong?’ The atom says, ‘I think I lost an electron!’ The bartender asks, ‘Are you positive?’"
"Two atoms are walking down the street. One suddenly stops and says, 'Oh no, I think I lost an electron!' The other asks, 'Are you positive?'"
"You can't be a scientist without the science of humor."
"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."
"If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough."
"A scientist’s mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open."
"The only difference between me and a madman is that I’m not mad."
"Chemistry is your own thing."
"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer."
"It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."
"Just because you have a talent doesn't mean you have to use it."
"A biologist is just a chemist with a bad attitude."
"Science may never come up with a better impact factor than the human factor."
"Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing."
"Finding a good teacher is like finding a good pair of shoes. They need to fit you just right."
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
"To be a good scientist is to be curious about things and willing to ask questions like a child."
"If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you."
"There is no humor in science unless we can embrace irony."
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