Quotations on Science

[Science is] the literature of truth. - Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818-85) U. S. humorist.

[Science is] the labor and handicraft of the mind. - Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English essayist, philosopher, statesman.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. - Adam Smith (1723-90) Scottish economist. The Wealth of Nations...

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stone, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house, and a collection of fa...

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated. - George Santayana (186...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its...

Science is simply common sense at its best that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. - Thomas Henry Huxl...