Science Quotes 21 st Century Skills Science Follow-Up

“ Science is simply common sense at its best, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.” – Thomas Henry Huxley, (1825-95) English Biologist.

“ Science is simply common sense at its best, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.”

– Thomas Henry Huxley, (1825-95) English Biologist.

“ There is something fascinating about science.” --Mark Twain

“ In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.” ~Hugh Walpole

“ There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.” -- Percy Williams Bridgman, U. S. Physicist, Nobel Prize, 1946

Good math teachers are like… Hallmark cards: cares enough to give the best. Coke: is the real thing. General Electric: has a lot to give. Tide: gets the stain out that others leave behind. VO-5 hair spray: holds through all kinds of weather.

Hallmark cards: cares enough to give the best.

Coke: is the real thing.

General Electric: has a lot to give.

Tide: gets the stain out that others leave behind.

VO-5 hair spray: holds through all kinds of weather.

“ A good teacher is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.” -- Godwin, Gail (b. 1937) American writer

“ A good teacher is one-fourth preparation

and three-fourths theater.”

-- Godwin, Gail (b. 1937) American writer

"Polar coordinates aren't just arctic fashions. "

"Do not worry too much about your difficulties in science, I can assure you that mine are still greater." -- Albert Einstein

Math Quotes "The essence of science is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.”

"Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.”

"Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.”

"The notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind." -- James Pierpont

"The notion of infinity is our greatest friend;

it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind."

-- James Pierpont

“ Good teachers are usually a little crazy.” -- Rooney, Andy (b. 1919) American journalist

“ Good teachers are usually a little crazy.”

-- Rooney, Andy (b. 1919) American journalist

"We have to reinvent the wheel every once in a while, not because we need a lot of wheels; but because we need a lot of inventors." -- Bruce Joyce

“ Men love wonder, and that is the seed of science.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Decimals have a point."

Math Quotes "An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages." -- de Fontenelle

“ Black holes are where the creator divided by zero.” -- Steven Wright

“ Science is common sense at its best.” --Thomas Huxley

Good science teachers are like… Ivory soap: is 100% pure. Cheerios: makes you feel groovy. Frosted Flakes: makes you feel gr-r-r-reat. Sears: has everything. Master Charge: is good for emergencies.

Ivory soap: is 100% pure.

Cheerios: makes you feel groovy.

Frosted Flakes: makes you feel gr-r-r-reat.

Sears: has everything.

Master Charge: is good for emergencies.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein

"Imagination is more important than

knowledge."

-- Albert Einstein

“ Observation always involves theory.” --Edwin Hubble

“ Observation always involves theory.”

--Edwin Hubble

” Great scientists are supreme artists." -- Martin H. Fisher

“ There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.” -- Percy Williams Bridgman, U. S. Physicist, Nobel Prize, 1946

“ The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.” -- Claude Lévi-Strauss, Le Cru et le cuit , 1964

If it's green or wriggles, it's biology. If it stinks, it's chemistry . If it doesn't work , it's physics. ~Handy Guide to Science

"Well done is better than well said." -- Ben Franklin

"Well done is better than well said."

-- Ben Franklin

"Teaching is the royal road to learning." -- Jassamyn West

"We only think when confronted with a problem.” -- John Dewey

"I was x years old in the year x^2.” -- Augustus De Morgan (when asked about his age)

"I do not teach, I relate.” -- Montaigne Michel de Montaigne

"I do not teach,

I relate.”

-- Montaigne

“ Nature composes some of her loveliest poems for the microscope & the telescope.” -- Theodore Roszak, 1972

"The more you know, the less sure you are.” -- Voltaire

"The more you know,

the less sure you are.”

-- Voltaire

"The most important questions in life are, for the most part, really only problems of probability." -- Pierre Simon de La Place

"The most important questions in life are,

for the most part,

really only problems of probability."

-- Pierre Simon de La Place

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Chinese Proverb

"I hear and I forget.

I see and I remember.

I do and I understand."

-- Chinese Proverb

” Science is not a spectator sport!"