Logo
Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, tha

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science. – John Charles Polanyi

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Science
category

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public whats going on up there in the space program, then my jobs been done. – Christa McAuliffe

Category:
Science

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. – Sydney Smith

Category:
Science

Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined. – Cathy McMorris

Category:
Science

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity. – Paul Nurse

Category:
Science

Random Quotes

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. – Nikita Khrushchev

Category:
Politics

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself. – La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665

Category:
Miscellaneous

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle. – Stokely Carmichael

Category:
Death

What we call “morals” is simply blind obedience to words of command. – Havelock Ellis

Category:
Morality