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Quotations

Science

Quotations on how it works, and why we need it.

The source format of the quotes is as follows:
- Real person: - their name 
- Fictional characters: - character's name, book/movie of origin, if book then author
- Poem, song, or book: - poem, song, or book, author

If there were no other intelligent life in the universe, it would be a great waste of space.
- Carl Sagan

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
- Carl Sagan

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
- Carl Sagan

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
-Paul Dirac

Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.
- James Carswell

There's a way to do it better... find it.
- Thomas Edison

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