The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., “Over the Teacups,” 1891
The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite. – Thomas Sowell
In studying history we are finding out about ourselves, and in the last resort the natural sciences and even mathematics have the same final end. – Vivian Hunter Galbraith, An Introduction to the Study of History