Reactionaries Science Quotes & Sayings

To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulty or adverse criticism, is to bring reproach on science. There is nothing for the investigator to do but go straight on, 'to explore up and down, inch by inch, with the taper his reason;' to follow the light wherever it may lead, even should it at times resemble a will-o'-the-wisp. — William Crookes

Well-meant techniques such as arbitrary self-mortification, are useless. — Idries Shah

You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say? — Yann Martel

Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. — Bob Marley

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Just follow your gut. If you seriously believe that something is the right thing to do, if you are so convinced that your stomach is knotting up every time someone suggests an alternative way of doing all this, take a deep breath and just say, "You're wrong." — Joe Elliott

The British have been more up for it than the Americans were, particularly with respect to nudity in the show. In Europe there are adverts that show the breasts, so people are less frightened of that aspect of the show. Americans can withstand incredible violence on TV shows - which, as I come from England and Canada, I find difficult to stomach - but they are more puritanical when it comes to nudity on screen. — Kim Cattrall

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you. — John Muir

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired. — Jacky Ickx

Some of the big philosophical problems have been solved by science, at least to a 1st approximation. Examples: the problems of matter, and mind. Only philosophical reactionaries, like Noam Chomsky, claim that they are and will remain mysteries. — Mario Bunge