Quotes of: Isaac Keyword

Madam, I have just come from a country where people are hanged if they talk.

Leonhard Euler

You must not blame us scientists for the use which war technicians have put our discoveries.

Lise Meitner

When you're reaching out to people beyond the scientific community, image does matter.

Lisa Randall

I would say it's important for scientists to speak out when they can and when they can be listened to.

Lisa Randall

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

Lisa Randall

You have principles. You test them as accurately as you can. Eventually, they might break down.

Lisa Randall

I started out working on supersymmetry. The theory predicts that for every particle we know about, there will be an additional particle.

Lisa Randall

Einstein, in the special theory of relativity, proved that different observers, in different states of motion, see different realities.

Leonard Susskind

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

Leo Szilard

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Logic must look after itself. In a certain sense, we cannot make mistakes in logic.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is difficult to describe paths of thought where there are already many paths laid down, and not fall into one of the grooves

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

Max Born

The basic structure of proteins is quite simple: they are formed by hooking together in a chain discrete subunits called amino acids.

Michael Behe

I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.

Murray Gell-Mann

They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.

Matthew Henry