The best Quotes by Adam Smith

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

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Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

Albert Einstein

Religion Science

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

Albert Einstein in The World As I See It

Art Science

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Isaac Asimov

Knowledge Society Science Wisdom

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

Albert Einstein

Nature & Environment Science

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.

Albert Einstein

Mathematics Science

The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.

Werner Heisenberg

Science Atheism

Faith and science, I have learned, are two sides of the same coin, separated by an expanse so small, but wide enough that one side can't see the other. They don't know they are connected.

Mary E. Pearson in The Jenna Fox Chronicles - The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Faith Science

Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.

Carl Sagan

Upbringing Science Curiosity

The task is not to see what has never been seen before, but to think what has never been thought before about what you see everyday.

Erwin Schrödinger

Science

Without proper experiments I conclude nothing.

Johannes Kepler

Science

To be a scientist is to be naive.

Valery Legasov in Chernobyl - Episode 5

Science

Waleri Legassow: "Despite the stupidity, the lies, you're compelled. The problem has been assigned and you'll stop at nothing until you find an answer. Because that is who you are."
Ulana Khomyuk: "A lunatic then."
Waleri Legassow: "A scientist."

Valery Legasov in Chernobyl - Episode 3

Science

Academic success depends on research and publications.

Philip Zimbardo

Science

People think of science as rolling back the mystery of God. I look at science as slowly creeping toward the mystery of God.

Allan Hamilton

God Science

The Germans and many others have the gift to make science inaccessible.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Germany Science

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Galileo Galilei

Progress Truth Science

An adult scientist is a kid who never grew up.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Children & Childhood Science

No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.

Stephen Hawking

Science Physics

In my experience, it is unwise to live one's life guessing after signs and portents.

Elendil in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 3

Superstition

Let's not be superstitious - it brings bad luck.

Superstition

Superstition is a sign of a weak mind.

Honoré de Balzac

Superstition

Superstition is the child of fear, weakness and ignorance.

Frederick the Great

Superstition

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.

Gore Vidal

Prejudice Superstition

Lily: "Whenever we board a flight, you lick the plane!"
Marshall: "Have we crashed even once?"

Marshall Eriksen in How I Met Your Mother - Season 7 Episode 1

Superstition

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

China Hackers

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

Smartphones

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

James Comey

FBI

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

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