#scienc

First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#science #technology #science

Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#magic #science #science

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#science

Come on, Rory! It isn't rocket science, it's just quantum physics! -The Doctor (Matt Smith) ↗

— Steven Moffat

#doctor-who #humour #matt-smith #the-god-complex #science

To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you. ↗

— Peter David

#star-trek #science

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings. ↗

— Helen Keller

#wrong-direction #science

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#science

It's your call," he said softly, "but whatever you decide, I'll help you." He placed a soft, warm hand at the back of her neck and Laurel's breath caught in her chest. "Whatever you need, I'll be. If you need the science geek to give you answers from a textbook, I'm your guy; if you just want a friend to sit by you in bio and help you feel better when you're sad, I'm still your guy." His thumb slowly stroked across her earlobe and down her cheek. "And if you need someone to hold you and protect you from anyone in the world who might want to hurt you, then I am definitely your guy." His pale-blue eyes bore into hers, and for a second she couldn't breath. "But it's all up to you," he whispered. ↗

— Aprilynne Pike

#aprilynne-pike #david #laurel #pike #wings

God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#science

You can observe a lot just by watching. ↗

— Yogi Berra

#science #truism #science