“Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors.” WinningPleasureMankindBenefitsScientistFellowsRecognitionEndeavor Author:Irving Langmuir
“Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing.” BelieveMankindPlanetsAreasScientist Author:Jan de Bont
“Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the average life of mankind by only a few hours, or even a few days, then the scientist, too could aspire.” IfsHumansWellsEvilHoursMankindMassScientistIncreaseSpeciesAverageWell BeingEnjoymentAspireRoutesAfflictionDiminishHuman SpeciesAverage Life Author:Antoine Lavoisier
“Wine is a splendid thing in and of itself, but it is nonetheless proper to examine the high nutritional and hygienic values of wine from a scientific point of view. We are convinced that scientists will thus perform a service to mankind, since at the same time they will help determine the measure beyond which its use is a misuse for all creation.” HelpingUseValuesViewsMankindCreationFoodScientistCookingWineDeterminePoint Of ViewConvincedCulinarySplendidMisuseService To Mankind Author:Pope Pius XII
“[Thomas Henry] Huxley, I believe, was the greatest Englishman of the Nineteenth Century—perhaps the greatest Englishman of all time. When one thinks of him, one thinks inevitably of such men as Goethe and Aristotle. For in him there was that rich, incomparable blend of intelligence and character, of colossal knowledge and high adventurousness, of instinctive honesty and indomitable courage which appears in mankind only once in a blue moon. There have been far greater scientists, even in England, but there has never been a scientist who was a greater man.” ThinkingMenBelieveHas BeensCharacterI BelieveRichGreaterMankindCenturyHonestyMoonScientistEnglandBlueIntelligenceAll TimeEnglishmenNineteenth CenturyColossalIncomparableHuxleyIndomitableBlue Moon Author:H. L. Mencken
“Procrustes in modern dress, the nuclear scientist will prepare the bed on which mankind must lie; and if mankind doesn’t fit—well, that will be just too bad for mankind. There will have to be some stretching and a bit of amputation—the same sort of stretching and amputations as have been going on ever since applied science really got going into its stride, only this time they will be a good deal more drastic than in the past. These far from painless operations will be directed by highly centralized totalitarian governments.” IfsWellsHas BeensGovernmentPastLyingBitsDealsModernMankindFitBedScientistDressesNuclearOperationsStretchingStrideDrasticPainlessApplied ScienceAmputationTotalitarian Government Author:Aldous Huxley
“There's a great difference between knowing that a thing is so, and knowing how to use that knowledge for the good of mankind. Thetrouble with a scientist is we quickly tire of our discoveries. We hand them over to people who are not ready for them, while we go off again into the darkness of ignorance, searching for other discoveries, which will be mishandled in just the same way when the time comes.” PeopleWayUseHandsScienceDifferencesDarknessKnowingMankindIgnoranceReadyDiscoveryScientistTireNot Ready Author:Jimmy Sangster
“The Universe is vast. Nothing is more curious than the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge. Skeptics and believers are alike. At this moment scientists and skeptics are the leading dogmatists. Advance in detail is admitted; fundamental novelty is barred. This dogmatic common sense is the death of philosophic adventure.” SelfMomentsUniverseCommonMankindAdventurePeriodsScientistFundamentalsDetailsBelieverSatisfiedCommon SenseCuriousDelusionCherishNoveltySkepticDogmaticPhilosophicFinalityDogmatism Author:Alfred North Whitehead
“A South Korean inventor has finally created the robot that mankind has been waiting for. Scientists who have been worried about the robot apocalypse can finally set aside their fears thanks to the new robot Drinky, machines are no longer going to enslave us. They're going to puke on our shoes.” Has BeensWaitingMankindMachinesScientistSouthShoesThanksWorriedApocalypseRobotsInventorKoreanPuke Author:Mike Pesca
“We are just a blip. I found it very interesting when Clive [Oppenheimer] interviewed the Ethiopian scientists and asked them, "Do we have another 100,000 years?" In their calculation, mankind will be entering a very critical phrase a thousand years from now.” YearsFoundInterestingMankindThousandScientistCriticalPhrasesThousand YearsEnteringVery InterestingCalculations Author:Werner Herzog