Uses Of Science Quotes:

I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy.

- Bertrand Russell

source: Bertrand Russell (2015). “Icarus; or, the Future of Science”, p.3, Lulu Press, Inc

topic: Science, Men, Groups, Funny Science, Uses Of Science

Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.

- Alan Valentine

source: ALAN VALENTINE (1962). “1913 America Between Two Worlds”

topic: Angel, Science, Discovery, Scientific Discovery, Discovery In Science

Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.

- Henri Poincare

topic: House, Stones, Facts, Math And Science, Science And Technology

The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.

- Barry Commoner

topic: Earth Day, Use, Conquer, Inspirational Earth, Love And Nature

In my work, I am not attempting to predict the future. I am only pointing out what is possible with the intelligent application and humane use of science and technology. This does not call for scientists to manage society. What I suggest is applying the methods of science to the social system for the benefit of human kind and the environment.

- Jacque Fresco

topic: Intelligent, Technology, Doe, Uses Of Science

Between the poor and any appreciation for modern science stands a wall made of failed schools, defunded libraries, denied opportunities, and the systematic use of science and technology to benefit other people at their [the poor's] expense.

- John Michael Greer

topic: Appreciation, Wall, School, Modern Science, Uses Of Science

Well, they are critics of the Bush administration generally on the human rights record of the administration, and in particular, they are very, very critical of this use of science.

- Jane Mayer

source: "Psychological Warfare? A Debate on the Role of Mental Health Professionals in Military Interrogations at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and Beyond". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. August 11, 2005.

topic: Rights, Use, Records, Uses Of Science

I describe management as arts, crafts and science. It is a practice that draws on arts, craft and science and there is a lot of craft - meaning experience - there is a certain amount of craft meaning insight, creativity and vision, and there is the use of science, technique or analysis.

- Henry Mintzberg

topic: Art, Creativity, Practice, Uses Of Science

If we are genuinely concerned about the environment and the fellow human beings, and want to end territorial disputes, war, crime, poverty, hunger, and the other problems that confront us today, the intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction – one that will serve all people, and not just a select few.

- Jacque Fresco

topic: War, Intelligent, Technology, War Crimes, Science And Technology

Discoveries are always accidental; and the great use of science is by investigating the nature of the effects produced by any process or contrivance, and of the causes by which they are brought about, to explain the operation and determine the precise value of every new invention. This fixes as it were the latitude and longitude of each discovery, and enables us to place it in that part of the map of human knowledge which it ought to occupy. It likewise enables us to use it in taking bearings and distances, and in shaping our course when we go in search of new discoveries.

- Benjamin Thompson

topic: Distance, Discovery, Use, Latitude, Latitude And Longitude

You can be totally committed to conservative principles - to individual liberty, a market economy, entrepreneurship and lower taxes - and still be a Green Conservative. You can believe that with the sound use of science and technology and the right incentives to encourage entrepreneurs, conservatism can provide a better solution for the health of our planet than can liberalism.

- Newt Gingrich

topic: Believe, Technology, Entrepreneur, Uses Of Science