Science Quotes

The faster you go, the shorter you are.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.

If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.

When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.

There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.

When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?

Wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.

Great scientists are persevering and never deterred by difficulties.

India's struggle for technological self sufficiency and defensive autonomy-a story as much about politics, domestic and international, as it is about science.

Science is driven by compassion and empathy often to alleviate the pains of humanity.

Removing red tapism and favoritism in higher education and research administration and management is of utmost importance. We need to empower universities, both government funded and private, to promote research and enable them to improve research infrastructure.

A nation with a strong base in science and technology is a nation with a strong backbone.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.

I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'

In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science - really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.