Science/Research

When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research

-- Wilson Mizner

All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events

-- Lawrence J. Peter

Research is the act of going up alleys to see if they are blind

-- Plutarch

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage

-- Mark Russell

The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: "some do, some don't."

-- Ernest Rutherford

Celestial navigation is based on the premise that the Earth is the center of the universe. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool

-- Kelvin Throop III

. . . the social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation

-- Peter Ustinov, Dear Me

Science is a collection of successful recipes

-- Paul Valery

Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing

-- Wernher Von Braun

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin

-- John Von Neuman

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

-- Steven Wright