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For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Science Communicator

I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!

— J.K.Rowling, Author

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

— Christopher Hitchens, Author

Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.

— Thomas Jefferson, Former US President

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

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

Go to Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company.

— Mark Twain, American Writer

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

— Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet and Playwright

What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only sentimental value.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

— Charles Darwin, English Biologist

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

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winning Structural Biologist
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