Quotes tagged ‘Science’

“Stephen Hawking: [introducing themselves for the first time] Hello. Jane Hawking: Hello. Stephen Hawking: Science. Jane Hawking: Arts.”

— Anthony McCarten, Stephen Hawking, Eddie Redmayne, imdb.com

“Well, the cornerstone of civilization isn't language, it's science.”

— Eric Heisserer, Ian Donnelly, Jeremy Renner, imdb.com

“We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.”

— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com

“By harassing animals, drones can chase them into dangerous positions, as was the case with the bear cub. They can interrupt hunts, cause high levels of stress, chase animals over long distances, and drive them away from sources of food or parts of the landscape they depend upon.”

— Ed Yong, theatlantic.com

“[after failing to bring the creature to life] Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Nothing. Inga: Oh, Doctor, I'm sorry. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No. No. Be of good cheer. If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace. [starts…”

— Mel Brooks, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, imdb.com

“The unconscious, that tricky beast, is difficult to access, and dreams (said Jung) give us some access to that underground part of ourselves.”

— Meghan Nesmith, manrepeller.com

“[to Brigitte, personification of Death] I've heard all of your platitudes. I got them, I know. 'She's in a better place.' And, 'This is all a part of a master plan.' Heard that one, too. Here's my favorite. "God looked down and saw the most beautiful rose, so beautiful that he picked it to have it i…”

— Allan Loeb, Howard Inlet, Will Smith, imdb.com

“One particle of unobtainium has a nuclear reaction with the flux capacitor - carry the '2' - changing its atomic isotoner into a radioactive spider. Fuck you, Science!”

— Michael Bacall, Officer Greg Jenko / Brad McQuaid, Channing Tatum, imdb.com

“Science is facts, religion is faith. I prefer facts.”

— Dario Konjicija, Damir Konjicija, Sheldon Cooper, Iain Armitage, imdb.com

“Pastor Jeff: So, what do you think the odds are that God exists? Sheldon: I think they're zero. I believe in science.”

— Dario Konjicija, Damir Konjicija, Sheldon Cooper, Iain Armitage, imdb.com

“But octopuses are very different creatures. They’re clearly intelligent and their behavior is undoubtedly sophisticated, but their brains have a completely different architecture than those of mammals.”

— Ed Yong, theatlantic.com

“If you need me, I'll be in the Science Lab.”

— Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken, Dexter, Christine Cavanaugh, imdb.com

“The science that we were taught takes us but a distance towards the truth.”

— Chris Carter, Anne Simon, Margaret Fearon, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“To doubt it is a failure of more than the imagination. It is a failure to recognize the limits of our own stupidity, the nascency of our science, the rudiment of our tools.”

— Chris Carter, Cigarette Smoking Man, William B. Davis, imdb.com

“That’s the world we live in, Monica. Every day a new disaster, when the one thing no one is prepared for will wipe the slate clean. We refuse to imagine our impending extinction, the acceleration of the cataclysms. We’ve thrown science out the window in favor of scandal and opinion and cant and all…”

— Chris Carter, Cigarette Smoking Man, William B. Davis, imdb.com

“In science, knowing what doesn’t work is just as important as knowing what does.”

— Eric Buchman, Patterson, Ashley Johnson, imdb.com

“The idea that millions of sperm are on an Olympian race to reach the egg is yet another male fantasy of human reproduction.”

— Robert D Martin, aeon.co

“But there’s no doubt that whatever their brains look like, behavior and school performance differences between men and women are strongly shaped by socialization.”

— Taylor Lorenz, theatlantic.com

“Colloquially, we might call someone who lies a lot a psychopath, just as we might call someone who texts us more frequently than we want 'crazy.'”

— Katie Heaney, thecut.com

“Steve McGarrett: This is densely layered ballistic glass, laminated onto a shield of resilient polycarbonate. Danny “Danno” Williams: Why can't you just say 'bulletproof?'”

— Paul Zbyszewski, Sarah Goldfinger, Steve McGarrett, Alex O'Loughlin, imdb.com