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J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which produce golden eggs for its table."

Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which produce golden eggs for its table.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Money can buy a fine dog but it is kindness that makes him wag his tail."

Money can buy a fine dog but it is kindness that makes him wag his tail.




J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it."

This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The aeroplane will never fly."

The aeroplane will never fly.




J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics."

Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public."

Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Man armed with science is like a baby with a box of matches."

Man armed with science is like a baby with a box of matches.




J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "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."

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.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Christianity is haunted by the theory of a God with a craving for bloody sacrifices."

Christianity is haunted by the theory of a God with a craving for bloody sacrifices.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination."

Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god."

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles."

The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.




J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins."

Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles."

If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "If human beings could be propagated by cutting, like apple trees, aristocracy would be biologically sound."

If human beings could be propagated by cutting, like apple trees, aristocracy would be biologically sound.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "There can be no truce between science and religion."

There can be no truce between science and religion.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "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."

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.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult."

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art."

And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good person who worried much about his own soul."

I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good person who worried much about his own soul.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "I am quite sure that our views on evolution would be very different had biologists studied genetics and natural selection before and not after most of them were convinced that evolution had occurred."

I am quite sure that our views on evolution would be very different had biologists studied genetics and natural selection before and not after most of them were convinced that evolution had occurred.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "You can analyze a glass of water and you're left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink."

You can analyze a glass of water and you're left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "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."

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.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination."

So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size."

To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The advance of scientific knowledge does not seem to make either our universe or our inner life in it any less mysterious."

The advance of scientific knowledge does not seem to make either our universe or our inner life in it any less mysterious.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve."

We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "A time will however come (as I believe) when physiology will invade and destroy mathematical physics, as the latter has destroyed geometry."

A time will however come (as I believe) when physiology will invade and destroy mathematical physics, as the latter has destroyed geometry.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance."

It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "There are 400,000 species of beetles on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals."

There are 400,000 species of beetles on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder"

The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things."

I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "I do not believe in the commercial possibility of induced radioactivity."

I do not believe in the commercial possibility of induced radioactivity.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression "Vital force"."

The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression "Vital force".



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "So far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from the progress of science."

So far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from the progress of science.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Shelley and Keats were the last English poets who were at all up to date in their chemical knowledge."

Shelley and Keats were the last English poets who were at all up to date in their chemical knowledge.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear."

I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "I will jump into the river to save two brothers or eight cousins."

I will jump into the river to save two brothers or eight cousins.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "Science is as yet in its infancy, and we can foretell little of the future save that the thing that has not been is the thing that shall be; that no beliefs, no values, no institutions are safe."

Science is as yet in its infancy, and we can foretell little of the future save that the thing that has not been is the thing that shall be; that no beliefs, no values, no institutions are safe.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern."

The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "I will give up my belief in evolution if someone finds a fossil rabbit in the Precambrian."

I will give up my belief in evolution if someone finds a fossil rabbit in the Precambrian.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument."

An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "I have never yet met a healthy person who worries very much about his health or a really good person who worries much about his own soul."

I have never yet met a healthy person who worries very much about his health or a really good person who worries much about his own soul.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine."

The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The four stages of acceptance:1. This is worthless nonsense.2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view.3. This is true, but quite unimportant.4. I always sai"

The four stages of acceptance:1. This is worthless nonsense.2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view.3. This is true, but quite unimportant.4. I always sai



J.B.S. Haldane Quotes: "The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."

The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.