"I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale."
-- Marie Curie (physicist & chemist, 1867-1934)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

"Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it.

"Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why, there would be no end to divine things."
-- Hippocrates (physician, 460 BC - 370 BC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates

"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so."

"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so."
-- Galileo Galilei (physicist & mathematician, 1564-1642)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
-- Arthur C. Clarke (author and futurist, 1917-2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence."
-- Louis Pasteur (chemist & microbiologist, 1822-1892) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
-- Carl Sagan (astronomer & astrophysicist, 1934-1996)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan

"We must, however, acknowledge as it seems to me, that a man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his...

"We must, however, acknowledge as it seems to me, that a man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin."
-- Charles Darwin (naturalist, 1809 - 1882)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin

"To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend...

"To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as a fertilizer."
-- Hermann Joseph Muller (geneticist, 1890-1967)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Joseph_Muller

"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."

"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."
-- Adam Smith (economist, 1723-1790)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith

"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not.

"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering."
-- Arthur C. Clarke (author and futurist, 1917-2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science."

"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science."
-- Edwin Hubble (astronomer, 1889-1953)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble

"All the advantages that man has gained from his ever-deepening understanding of the natural world that surrounds...

"All the advantages that man has gained from his ever-deepening understanding of the natural world that surrounds him, his technological, chemical and medical progress, all of which should seem to alleviate human suffering... tends instead to favor humanity's destruction."
-- Konrad Lorenz (zoologist & ethologist, 1903-1989)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Lorenz

"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future."

"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future."
-- Niels Bohr (physicist, 1885-1962)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr

"The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me.

"The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it."
-- Carl Jung (psychologist & psychiatrist, 1875-1961)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung

"The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind."

"The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind."
-- Nikola Tesla (physicist & engineer, 1856-1943)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

"Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."

"Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."
-- Richard Feynman (theoretical physicist, 1918-1988)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman

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

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
-- Isaac Asimov (author & biochemist, 1919-1992)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

"For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls.

"For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys."
-- Sally Ride (physicist & astronaut, 1951-2012)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

"The remarkable feature of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them.

"The remarkable feature of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them. After the laws of physics, everything else is opinion."
-- Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist, 1958- )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
-- Isaac Newton (physicist & mathematician, 1643-1727)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

"Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity."

"Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity."
-- Stephen Jay Gould (paleontologist & evolutionary biologist, 1941-2002)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jay_Gould

"Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks; but an accumulation of facts is no more science than...

"Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks; but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house."
-- Henri Poincaré (mathematician & physicist, 1854-1912)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Poincar%C3%A9

"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of...

"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness."
-- Carl Sagan (astronomer & astrophysicist, 1934-1996)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_sagan

"An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer."

"An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer."
-- Max Planck (theoretical physicist, 1858-1947)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck

"Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence."

"Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence."
-- Richard Dawkins (evolutionary biologist, 1941- )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star.

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."
-- Stephen Hawking (theoretical physicist, 1942- )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_hawking

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
-- Marie Curie (physicist & chemist, 1867-1934)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
-- Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist, 1879-1955)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because...

"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."
-- Max Planck (theoretical physicist, 1858-1947)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck

If LEGO doesn't make this a set pronto, they're stupid.

If LEGO doesn't make this a set pronto, they're stupid.

Originally shared by Scott “marsroverdriver” Maxwell

Now this is a LEGO Curiosity. It's made of 1000 LEGO pieces, and they can drive it using Bluetooth. IwantitIwantitIwantit.
http://mashable.com/2012/08/06/curiosity-mars-rover-lego/