Most Famous Scientists Quotes

#1. I was a subject of ridicule and lectures about the basics of crystallography. The leader of the opposition to my findings was the two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, the idol of the American Chemical Society and one of the most famous scientists in the world.

Dan Shechtman

#2. It was then I cried, cried for the fact of not having cried and for the immensity of tears yet to be shed.

Edna O'Brien

#3. That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.

Cal Ripken Jr.

#4. The uphill climb is slow,but the downhill road is fast.

John Wooden

#5. On the floor I am more at ease,

Jackson Pollock

#6. For a long time, I refused to wear jeans. I liked high-waisted pants, but jeans made me feel like I wasn't being unique. Even now, I won't wear the skinny-jeans style, because most people wear those - they have to be baggier, boyfriend-looking, or sort of like a mom jean. I'm real funny that way.

Elle Fanning

#7. Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.

Gail Sheehy

#8. Some of the more sought-after signers are, in no particular order, presidents, military heroes, sports icons, actors, singers, artists, religious and social leaders, scientists, astronauts, authors, and Kardashians.

Carrie Fisher

#9. It must be said that "winning" the green card is a misnomer. We had simply won the right to formally apply and have our application processed. We still had to pay for all the processing.

Gudjon Bergmann

#10. I would rather go to Baghdad than go to a professional basketball game.

Don Imus

#11. Nonsense remains nonsense, even when talked by world-famous scientists.

John C. Lennox

#12. The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don't wait until they're dead.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#13. He stood up. His heart was leaping against his ribs like a frantic bird. Perhaps it knew it had little time left, perhaps it was determined to fulfill a lifetime's beats before the end. He did not look back as he closed the office door.

J.K. Rowling

#14. The fact is, when I was 15 and a sophomore at high school, I played on the varsity baseball team for the college.

Johnny Mize

#15. You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way.

Carlos Castaneda

#16. Fantasy is an excellent platform to shine new lights on old truths.

James D. Maxon

#17. My pick for Best Political Move of the Year, which is the decisive (ph) and this means it is actually the best political movement is Bill Clinton getting on the phone and encouraging Donald Trump to run for the president.

Lawrence O'Donnell

#18. I know for a fact that - it's just the way our biases work now in the industry of literature, but certainly a short story collection does not receive the same kind of attention as a novel.

Junot Diaz

#19. Nonsense is nonsense even when spoken by when said by world-famous scientists.

John Lennox