All John B. S. Haldane Quotes
It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine.
John B. S. Haldane
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While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
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Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.
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To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size.
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The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern.
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I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear.
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If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.
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There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.
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There can be no truce between science and religion.
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In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better.
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My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.
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Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.
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The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
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A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
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I wish I had the voice of Homer to sing of rectal carcinoma.
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