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Quote by Galileo Galilei
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. – Galileo Galilei

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The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics…the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible to comprehend a single word. – Galileo Galilei

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Mathematics
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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty. – Galileo Galilei

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Beauty
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. – Galileo Galilei

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God
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It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational – and Im speaking the written science fiction, not Star Trek. Science fiction writers tend to fill their books if theyre clever with little bits of interesting stuff and real stuff. – Terry Pratchett

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Its such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space… were doing such exciting research. And I dont want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that were doing is extremely exciting. – Laurel Clark

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Science

In short, it is not that evolutionary naturalists have been less brazen than the scientific creationists in holding science hostage, but rather that they have been infinitely more effective in getting away with it. – Phillip E. Johnson

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Science

Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? The Republicans offer up more 19th-Century solutions to our 21st-Century energy problems. – Jeff Goodell

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Science

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Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. – Russell Baker

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The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. – Thomas Huxley

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The fact that we are here today to debate raising Americas debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase Americas debt. – Barack Obama

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For any of us in this room today, lets start out by admitting were lucky. We dont live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited. – Sheryl Sandberg

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