John B. S. Haldane

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

— John B. S. Haldane

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

— John B. S. Haldane

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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. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

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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. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

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

— John B. S. Haldane

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

— John B. S. Haldane

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I wish I had the voice of Homer to sing of rectal carcinoma. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

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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. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

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It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

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My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

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