Science and Religion

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Science and Religion

Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be nullified on behalf of a single petitioner, admittedly unworthy.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Science and Religion

To generalize is to be an idiot.

William Blake, in Science and Religion

I think, therefore I am.

René Descartes, in Science and Religion

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Philip K. Dick, in Science and Religion

There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.

Benjamin Disraeli, in Science and Religion

I predict that exact reproduction through cloning will not become popular. Too many people already find it difficult to live with themselves.

Jeanne Dixon, in Science and Religion

Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.

R. Drabek, in Love and Hate and Science and Religion

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure

I want to know the thoughts of God. Everything else is just details.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl.

Mike Adams, in Science and Religion

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.

Aristotle, in Science and Religion

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

Isaac Asimov, in Science and Religion

Truth comes out of error more easily than out of confusion.

Francis Bacon, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, in Science and Religion

No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.

Lyman Beecher, in Law and Politics and Science and Religion

In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence.

P. L. Berger, in Science and Religion

If you love God, burn the church.

Jello Biafra, in Science and Religion

First Rule of History: History doesn't repeat itself -- historians merely repeat each other.

Unknown, in Science and Religion