It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. – Galileo Galilei
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. – Galileo Galilei
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
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. – Galileo Galilei
Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things. – Yuri Milner
Ive been in and out of Wall Street since 1949, and Ive never seen the type of animosity between government and Wall Street. And Im not sure where it comes from, but I suspect its got to do with a general schism in this society which is really becoming ever more destructive. – Alan Greenspan