Quote by Ivan Pavlov
Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bir

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise. – Ivan Pavlov

Other quotes by Ivan Pavlov

From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands. – Ivan Pavlov

Category:
Food
Read Quote

Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach. – Ivan Pavlov

Category:
Food
Read Quote

It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients. – Ivan Pavlov

Category:
respect
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Science
category

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasnt advanced as far as science. – Michelangelo Antonioni

Category:
Science

It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide. – Friedrich August von Hayek

Category:
Science

Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular. – Judy Biggert

Category:
Science

I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and youll be very highly paid once youve got them. – James Dyson

Category:
Science

Random Quotes

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price. – Khalil Gibran

Category:
Money

Personal technology has given us the freedom of being able to do whatever we want – and in the case of celebrities and athletes, whomever they want. But it can also serve as a humiliation jetpack. – Sloane Crosley

Category:
Freedom

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. – Samuel Butler

Category:
best

The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so its a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky. – Graham Norton

Category:
famous