Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology, actuarial statistics, and basic common sense. Christopher McDougall
I have the idea that running shoes are based on a kind of cult idea - that our feet are flawed and we need shoes to correct those flaws. The shoe companies are in the business of selling shoes. But there's no evidence from running shoe manufacturers that they're right. There's no scientific data that running shoes reduce injury. Christopher McDougall
If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: 'Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science?' From what I've seen, it's not likely. Tim Ferriss
It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home. Mary Kay Blakely
On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.Charles Darwin
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.Martin Luther King
Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems. Jawaharlal nehru
The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into a supersaturated solution to induce crystal formation. I don't think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems. Margaret Atwood
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.Martin Luther King
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. David Brin
We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific. Jared Diamond
When you start using test audiences, it becomes more scientific than it is about the work itself, and that's boring. Amanda Seyfried