“You can quote me on that”

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By Linda | August 22, 2008

A handful of memorable and humorous quotes from some famous men of science…

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Douglas Adams

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Douglas Adams

X-rays will prove to be a hoax.
Lord Kelvin

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity, but not in that order.
Brian Pickrell

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein

Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You’re crazy. Anonymous drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859
I haven’t failed, I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work.
Thomas Edison

I don’t believe in mathematics.
Albert Einstein

Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.
Albert Einstein

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Albert Einstein

Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
Sir Karl Popper

Louis Pasteur’s theory of germs is ridiculous fiction.
Pierre Pachet

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan

Science is the only self-correcting human institution, but it also is a process that progresses only by showing itself to be wrong.
Allan Sandage

The only perfect science is hind-sight.
Anonymous

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
Bill Watterson