Scientist Mindset Quotes

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

I have faith that science is a good thing. Seriously, I'd say that I am very much in awe of nature. In fact, I think to some extent, "awe" was a word that was almost invented for scientists.

My transition from scientist to entrepreneur? Some would say that I still haven't made that transition.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom.

Have felt it myself. The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you come to them as a scientist. To feel it's there in your hands, to release this energy that fuels the stars, to let it do your bidding. To perform these miracles, to lift a million tons of rock into the sky. It is something that gives people an illusion of illimitable power and it is, in some ways, responsible for all our troubles - this, what you might call technical arrogance, that overcomes people when they see what they can do with their minds.

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better. To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.

I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However, this is not entirely a matter of joy as if someone returned from physical disability to good physical health.

In any case it is not normal to put into the satisfaction of mere curiosity the amount of time and effort that scientists put into their work.

A lot of scientists act on their beliefs and so do things that look crazy to the rest of us.