What Do These Famous Quotes Reveal About the Minds of Great Scientists?

[George Jones]

And more than a little arrogance is required for creatures that evolved from quantum fluctuations and quark soup, that only exist for a short time and are stuck on a small backwater outpost to think that they might be able to understand the whole shebang.

Michael S. Turner

 

[Demystifier]

Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!
- Richard Feynman

 

[Vanadium 50]

My Dinner with Andre

I always thought The Princess Bride should have been subtitled My Dinner with Andre The Giant.

 

[bob012345]

The more we know, the more we think we know and the less we really know.
-Aristotle (paraphrased)

 

[Demystifier]

When someone tries to convince you that all philosophy is bad, ignore him. His argument can be nothing else but philosophy, and philosophy coming from someone who thinks that all philosophy is bad can be nothing else but bad philosophy.
- Hrvoje Nikolic