That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. – Jacob Bronowski
Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture. – Jacob Bronowski
The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline. – Jacob Bronowski
The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show. – Jacob Bronowski