“Scientists have been assuming that protons damage cells in a way similar to X-rays, but our results indicate that these assumptions have been wrong.”
Betsy Sutherland
“Scientists investigate that which already is;Engineers create that which has never been.'”
Albert Einstein
“Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter.”
Dave Barry
“And computers are getting smarter all the time: scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (By they I mean computers: I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)”
“Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.”
“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”
Arthur C. Clarke
“I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy.”