Science quotes

“In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the ninth configuration. But given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would have taken for just one of these protein molecules to appear entirely by chance? Roughly ten to the two hundred and...” (continue)(continue reading)
Stacy Keach - Col. Vincent Kane

“Heisenberg, Max Plank and Einstein, they all agreed that science could not solve the mystery of the universe.”
Harry Dean Stanton

“- Dr. Malcolm Sayer: It was an immenseproject. I was to extract 1 decagram of myelin from 4 tons of earth worms.
- Dr. Sullivan: Really!
- Dr. Malcolm Sayer: Yes. I was on the project for 5 years. I was the only one who believed in it. Everyone else said it couldn't be done.
- Dr. Kaufman: It can't.
- Dr. Malcolm Sayer: I know that now. I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Robin Williams - Dr. Malcolm Sayer
John Christopher Jones - Dr. Sullivan
John Heard - Dr. Kaufman

“I'm left with only one option, I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this.”
Matt Damon - Mark Watnay

“- Aitch: With this pill, they say you take it and that's it. Your hair don't grow, you don't go bald, it stays the same. You have your hair cut once, in whatever style you want, and it stays like that for the rest of your natural life. It's completely revolutionary.
- Jackie: What if you get fed up with your style, you berk?
- Aitch: Well,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Cavan Kendall - Aitch
Julianne White - Jackie

“While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a child's imagination.”
Kevin Spacey

“A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.”
Walter Lang

“There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few who possess the predisposition, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew...” (continue)(continue reading)

Alan Rickman - Professor Snape

“- Smith: I haven't seen anything and I don't need to see anything, sir, but I can tell you... this ship is fucked.
- Dr. Weir: Well, thank you for that scientific analysis, Mr. Smith.”

Sean Pertwee - Smith
Sam Neill - Dr. Weir

“In science fiction, you create your own reality.”
David Twohy

“Remember what happened to Galileo? They threw him in jail because he said the earth was not the center of the universe. That could happen to us.”
Donald Sutherland - Dr. Sid

“Emily Stanton-Lydia, do you have any idea what you’ve done? I’ve worked for this my entire life, and you’ve ruined everything.
Lydia Berman-Oh, I don’t know what was in those needles, but I’m totally happy to give it back to you. I can like pee in a cup, or something.”
Melissa McCarthy - Lydia Berman
Octavia Spencer - Emily Stanton

“Dr. Covey-What's her problem?
Kitty-Moon day?
Dr. Covey-'Moon day'? Menstruation is science. Nothing to do with the moon.
Kitty-Says you, Doctor Man. But the goddess within says it's a sacred rhythm that represents the deepest cycle of womanhood.”
John Corbett - Dr. Covey

“Franklin Pope-Don’t let him agitate you. This is how he is. Before he was a wizard, I let him live in my basement. My wife wouldn’t have him at the table with us unless he cleaned himself. And, boy, given the ultimatum, the man ate alone.
George Westinghouse-How does he work?
Franklin Pope-You want to know his secret? He engineers his own...” (continue)(continue reading)
Stanley Townsend - Franklin Pope
Michael Shannon - George Westinghouse

“I make something impossible. They rip it away from me, so I do it again and they do it again. And again and again. This isn't like everything else. This IS everything else. Our future isn't going to be paved with bricks but with copper. Automation, transportation, communication. And the man that controls that current, controls that future.”
Benedict Cumberbatch - Thomas Alva Edison

“A true legacy isn't what we build up to the heavens or carve deep into stone. Rocks will crumble,paper disintegrates, and bone turns to powder. Only that which isn't in the physical realm and reaches in both directions can be eternal. Our ideas.They are what we leave behind. And only they are what can push us forward.”
Nicholas Hoult - Nikola Tesla

“Let me welcome you to the reality of how things come into existence. We all contribute. That's what invention is. The salt, the grain, the heat, the heart. Only one man makes the bread rise. That's the one that puts it all together. Makes it taste so damn good the people will go out there, and hand over their hard-won dollars to buy it.”
Benedict Cumberbatch - Thomas Alva Edison

“The world will never be the same. I'm working on something now, something so new that people will forget I was ever associated with electricity.”
Benedict Cumberbatch - Thomas Alva Edison

“I called to tell you I’m not pregnant. You’re safe. It was just a possible sighting of a life form that ultimately proved false. You want to be an explorer, Augustine. To discover new worlds, to give life some hope. But while you’re doing all that, your own life is just slipping away. And that breaks my heart. But, you know, I’m sure it’s for...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sophie Rundle - Jean

“I'm afraid we didn't do a very good job of looking after the place while you were away.”

George Clooney - Augustine

“Our two-year mission to K-23 has us returning with more answers than questions. Can it sustain life? Yes. Can it expand? Yes. Could it be home? Yes, it could. Every question
we set out to answer, we did, except the one that lingers in the air. Why is it so quiet?”
David Oyelowo - Adewole

“A neutron walks into a bar and asks how much for a drink. The bartender replies ‘for you, no charge’.”
Jim Parsons - Sheldon Cooper

“Penny. We are made of particles that have existed since the moment the universe began. I like to think those atoms traveled fourteen billion years through time and space to create us, so that we could be together and make each other whole.”
Johnny Galecki - Leonard Hofstadter

“The only way she’d be able to make a contribution to science is if they resume sending chimps into space.”
Jim Parsons - Sheldon Cooper

“In our relations with other people, we mainly discuss and evaluate their character and behavior. That is why I have withdrawn from nearly all so-called relations. This has made my old age rather lonely. My life has been full of hard work and I am grateful. It began as toil for bread and butter and ended in a love of science.”
Victor Sjöström - Dr. Eberhard Isak Borg