English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

John Charles Polanyi quotes

Canadian Scientist January 23, 1929

Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

John Charles Polanyi quote: "Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never..."
Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it. John Charles Polanyi
Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement. John Charles Polanyi
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general. John Charles Polanyi
Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things. John Charles Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi quote: "Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that..."
Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good. John Charles Polanyi
Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression. John Charles Polanyi
Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge. John Charles Polanyi
The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them. John Charles Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi quote: "The eye searches for shapes. It searches for a beginning, a..."
The eye searches for shapes. It searches for a beginning, a middle, and an end. John Charles Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi quote: "Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the..."
Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights. John Charles Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi quote: "It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane..."
It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience. John Charles Polanyi
Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science. John Charles Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi quote: "For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom."
For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom. John Charles Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi quote: "Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth...."
Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey. John Charles Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi quote: "If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we..."
If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience. John Charles Polanyi

Popular Author

Related Authors