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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

— Carl Sagan, American Astronomer

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

— Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

— Thomas Hexley, English Biologist

Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.

— Mary Doria Russell, American Novelist

People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.

— Jonah Lehrer, American Novelist

Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.

— Heisenberg, German Theoretical Physicist
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