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I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winning Structural Biologist

Never memorize something that you can look up.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.

— Thomas Pynchon, American Novelist

I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

— E.M. Forster, English Novelist

Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.

— Douglas Adams, English Author

Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.

— Heath Ledger, Actor

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

— Mark Twain, American Writer

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

— Niels Bohr, Danish physicist
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