When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. (Clarke's First Law)Arthur C. ClarkeProfile of the Future
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him youngKonrad LorenzOn Aggression
When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukesW.H. AudenThe Dyer's Hand
I don't know what I may seem to the world, but as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before meIsaac Newton
The physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot loseJ. Robert OppenheimerOpen Mind
Nature, and Nature's laws lay hid in night God said, Let Newton be! and all was lightAlexander PopeEpitaph: Intended for Sir Isaac Newton