Science quotes

“Science is defined in various ways, but today it is generally restricted to something which is experimental, which is repeatable, which can be predicted.”
Walter Lang

“There are also scientific problems with the concept that each of the creation days was a long period of time.”
Walter Lang

“- Hammond: I want to hear every viewpoint, I really do.
- Malcolm: Don't you see the danger, John, inherent in what you're doing here? Genetic power is the most awesome force the planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun.”
Richard Attenborough - Hammond
Jeff Goldblum - Malcolm

“- Wayne Szalinski: Given that my machine can substantially reduce the size of bulky payloads... and fuel supplies of the savings to the space program would be staggering.
- Professor Frederickson: Mr. Szalinski, are you trying to tell me that suddenly size is no longer relative?”
Rick Moranis - Wayne Szalinski
Craig Richard Nelson - Professor Frederickson

“- Dr. Stark: I have work to do.
- Annie McHugh: Oh doctor, aren't you going to see the movie with us? You know it really might relax you.
- Dr. Stark: I'm perfectly relaxed. Science relaxes me.
- John: Would you care for some pie, before you...?
- Dr. Stark: Science is my pie. Curiosity is my sweet tooth. Knowledge is my candy. Bye.”
Patrick Macnee - Dr. Stark
Cindy Williams - Annie McHugh
Bruce Kimmel - John

“- Dena: By 2048 the oceans are going to be empty.
- Harmon: Yeah, who says?
- Dena: Science.
- Harmon: Science... Maybe science is wrong.
- Dena: No. 29% of edible fish have gone day by 90%. More people are moving to the coast lines, there there's more pollution, more waste. Situation is getting geometically worse. It'll all go fast in the end....” (continue)(continue reading)
Dakota Fanning - Dena
Peter Sarsgaard - Harmon

“- Maggie: I don't know, Lucas. There are certain people you like in a certain way, and others you like as a friend. I don't know why. You know about science, do you know why?
- Lucas: Actually, I do. It's called the process of natural selection. You ever heard of Darwin? The males who demonstrate physical prowess are the most attractive to the...” (continue)(continue reading)

Kerri Green - Maggie
Corey Haim - Lucas

“- Reed Richards: What I see in your relationship is what I considered the best part of ours.
- Sue Storm: That is?
- Reed Richards: Passion... for science.”
Ioan Gruffudd - Reed Richards
Jessica Alba - Sue Storm

I realized science couldn't answer any of the really interesting questions. So, I turned to philosophy. I've been searching for God ever since. Who knows, I may pick up a rock and it'll say underneath, "Made by God". The universe is full of surprises.
Terence Stamp - Chantilas

After twenty years of secret scientific research and countless failures, I also have created life as we say: "In God's own image".

Ernest Thesiger - Doctor Pretorius

“I've called every contact I have from Paris to Bangkok. This is the only thing I could dig up. He ran some kind of secret science unit outside of Berlin before the start of World War I. Something called Unit 11. It's been more than 30 years since anyone has spoken his name. Until today.”

Gwyneth Paltrow - Polly Perkins

“Science only goes so far and then comes God.”
James Garner - Duke

“What is chemistry but the ability to attract adoration in others.”

Rhys Ifans - Iki

- Al Burnett: The Ambassador's coming. Space nut. Knows everything about Apollo 11.
- Ross "Mitch" Mitchell: Does he know where it is?

Patrick Warburton - Al Burnett
Kevin Harrington - Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell

“Is the world fundamentally a better place because of science and technology? We shop at home, we surf the Web... at the same time, we feel emptier, lonelier and more cut off from each other than at any other time in human history.”
Matthew McConaughey - Palmer Joss

“Accuracy equals focusing on a point. Gravity pulls an inch a yard. You point up. But you have to factor in wind, which is the most difficult part.”
Nicolas Cage - David Spritz

“- Dr. Margo Green: And what does this God specialize in?
- Dr. Albert Frock: South American tribe, the Zenzera, long thought to be extinct. They made a deal with Satan to vanquish their enemies. So Kothoga was born, son of Satan. You have that look again, Margo.
- Dr. Margo Green: Why do we keep financing John Whitney's expeditions? As if...” (continue)(continue reading)

Penelope Ann Miller - Dr. Margo Green
James Whitmore - Dr. Albert Frock

“- Clyde Martin: You've just told me your entire history: childhood, family, career, every person you've ever had sex with. But there hasn't been a single mention of love.
- Alfred Kinsey: That's because it's impossible to measure love. And, as you know, without measurements there can be no science.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Clyde Martin
Liam Neeson - Alfred Kinsey

“It takes ten seconds for an imbibed liquid to reach the stomach... It takes the human body eighty-one seconds to heat that liquid to the point of chemical volatility...”
Samuel L. Jackson - Elmo McElroy

“- Grif: How many Pac-Men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- Tom: How many?
- Grif: None, because Pac-Man was built using solid-state circuitry and TTL logic. And when you add that together it's all wired up to a standard arcade display. And then the image seen on the screen is just, you know, a pulsing of the on and off shift in the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Matthew Faber - Grif
Eric Zuckerman - Tom

“Religion goes out of favor in 2033 when science discovers the gene that regulates fear.”
Marisa Tomei - Ruby Weaver

“I'll tell you something, bullshit and science rule the world.”
Gregory Hines - Albaby Perkins

“Space... a universe of mystery. Well, today, the mystery will be unveiled. Thanks to science, we know the universe is nearly 500 miles long, and it contains -- you're not going to believe this -- over 1,000 stars.”
Justin Long - Lem

“- Maxwell: I believe in science and sex.
- Leopold: Not love?
- Maxwell: Yes. Love at first sight.
- Adrian: Can there be love without sex?”
Tony Roberts - Maxwell
Jose Ferrer - Leopold

“Science will come up with some reason to put in the books, but in the end it'll be just a theory. I mean, we will fail to acknowledge that there are forces at work beyond our understanding.”
Mark Wahlberg - Elliot Moore