Home / Quotes / Quote by Ian Paisley

Quote by Ian Paisley

“A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.”

Quote by Ian Paisley

Author

Ian Paisley was a British politician born on April 6, 1926, and passed away on September 12, 2014. He was a Northern Irish unionist and a prominent leader of the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party, playing a significant role in British and Northern Irish politics. more

You May Also Like

“Aquarius is a miscellaneous set of stars all at different distances from us, which have no connection with each other except that they constitute a (meaningless) pattern when seen from a certain (not particularly special) place in the galaxy (here).”

Different Certain Stars Special Connections Distance Patterns Meaningless Galaxy Miscellaneous Special Places Aquarius

Author:Richard Dawkins

“Death is an engineering problem.”

Problem Engineering

Author:Bart Kosko

“I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.”

People May Long Wish Process Poor Cases Dying Terrible Cancer Awful Certainty Statistics Realistic Wish You Resigned Wagers Terrible Times

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous debate, and in many respects that's the secret of its success.”

Looks Secret Teach Authority Claims Blind Debate Obedience Vigorous Old And New Blind Obedience

Author:Carl Sagan

“Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition.”

Humans Universe Human Beings Comfort Cosmos Superstitions Fleeting Sense Of Wonder Pale Blue Dot

Book:Cosmos

Source: Cosmos

“A popular feel for scientific endeavors should, if possible, be restored given the needs of the twenty-first century. This does not mean that every literature major should take a watered-down physics course or that a corporate lawyer should stay abreast of quantum mechanics. Rather, it means that an appreciation for the methods of science is a useful asset for a responsible citizenry. What science teaches us, very significantly, is the correlation between factual evidence and general theories, something well illustrated in Einstein's life.”

Source: Einstein: His Life and Universe

“To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue.”

Authority Evidence Oneself Worthy Critical Dialogue Engagement Empirical Evidence

Author:Dalai Lama

“...I think the popular view of Science is a solid body of truth, shared by a whole lot of learned men in a room, all agreeing on the answers to the questions of how the Universe works. Whereas nothing could be further from the truth!!! The one truth that I see emerging from the History of Science is that experiment has always surprised theorists. Einstein included!”

Thinking Men Whole Body Universe Answers Rooms Views Experiments Emerging Theorists History Of Science

Author:Brian May

“We need science, more and better science, not for its technology, not for leisure, not even for health or longevity, but for the hope of wisdom which our kind of culture must acquire for its survival.”

Needs Kind Culture Technology Survival Acquire Leisure Longevity

Book:A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays

Source: A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays

“I'm very scared to do it. What if I don't come back? With the whole light-years thing, what if I come back 10,000 years later, and everyone I know is dead? I'll be like, 'Great. Now I have to start all over'.”

Ifs Knows Years Whole Light Scared What If Light Years

Author:Paris Hilton