Timely quotes about science: Science Rules

Hi there! Greetings from the blog-verse. Here I share some interesting, inspirational, and timely quotes about science from some of the greatest minds of our time. Enjoy and remember the wisdom of these wise men.

"Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false"  E. O. Wilson

"We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely"  E. O. Wilson

"Political ideology can corrupt the mind and science" E. O. Wilson

"There is no greater education than the one that is self-driven" Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Science simply tells the best stories" Neil deGrasse Tyson

"When you make the finding yourself even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light, you'll never forget it" Carl Sagan

"Science rules" Bill Nye

Quoteblog of the Day: Part 2

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known"

Carl Sagan

(Astrophysicist)

"I abide in goodly Museum, 

Frequented by sages profound:

'Tis a kind of strange mausoleum,

Where the beasts that have vanished abound.

There's a bird of the ages Triassic,

With his antediluvian beak,

And many a reptile Jurassic,

And many a monster antique".

May Kendall

 (from 1887 "Ballad of the Ichthyosaurus")

(English poet)

"In vertebrate paleontology, increasing knowledge leads to triumphant loss of clarity"

Alfred S. Romer 

(Paleontologist)

Quote by Keith Thomson

"I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS"

Robert T. Bakker

(Paleontologist)

I hope you enjoy these! Some I found at Todayinsci, others from the literature. 

Stay tuned for more bits from the paleoworld!
Happy Earth Day (4/22).