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Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes

I consider an intimate knowledge of the Bible an indispensable quality of a well educated man Picture Quote #1

There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run out is a completely unscientific Utopian dream, a childish bug-a-boo. Nature has introduced a few fool-proof devices into the great majority of elements that constitute the bulk of the world, and they have no energy to give up in the process of disintegration Picture Quote #1

One of the chief inhibitions to human progress arises because of the extreme slowness with which the advances in knowledge become translated into action for the benefit of society as a whole. There is no step more important for the removal of that inhibition than that of providing for intimate contact between the leaders in the fields of pure and applied science Picture Quote #1

Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants Picture Quote #1

Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment Picture Quote #1

To me it is unthinkable that a real atheist could be a scientist Picture Quote #1

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There is no likelihood that man can ever tap the power of the atom Picture Quote #1

My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes Picture Quote #1

Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the two most dangerous monsters that you ever meet. Interest and attention will insure to you an education Picture Quote #1

Fullness of knowledge always and necessarily means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to both humility and reverence Picture Quote #1

The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of nature. The even more important task of religion, on the other hand, is to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind Picture Quote #1

I suspect that the changes that have taken place during the last century in the average man’s fundamental beliefs, in his philosophy, in his concept of religion. in his whole world outlook, are greater than the changes that occurred during the preceding four thousand years all put together... because of science and its applications to human life, for these have bloomed in my time as no one in history had had ever dreamed could be possible Picture Quote #1

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We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility of the fact of the growth and decay of the elements of matter. With radium and with uranium we do not see anything but the decay. And yet, somewhere, somehow, it is almost certain that these elements must be continuously forming. They are probably being put together now in the laboratory of the stars... Can we ever learn to control the process. Why not? Only research can tell Picture Quote #1

Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward Picture Quote #1

The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do Picture Quote #1

Two erroneous impressions... seem to be current among certain groups of uninformed persons. The first is that religion today stands for mediaeval theology; the second that science is materialistic and irreligious Picture Quote #1

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I consider an intimate knowledge of the Bible an indispensable quality of a well educated man (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run out is a completely unscientific Utopian dream, a childish bug-a-boo. Nature has introduced a few fool-proof devices into the great majority of elements that constitute the bulk of the world, and they have no energy to give up in the process of disintegration (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) One of the chief inhibitions to human progress arises because of the extreme slowness with which the advances in knowledge become translated into action for the benefit of society as a whole. There is no step more important for the removal of that inhibition than that of providing for intimate contact between the leaders in the fields of pure and applied science (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) To me it is unthinkable that a real atheist could be a scientist (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) There is no likelihood that man can ever tap the power of the atom (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the two most dangerous monsters that you ever meet. Interest and attention will insure to you an education (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) Fullness of knowledge always and necessarily means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to both humility and reverence (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of nature. The even more important task of religion, on the other hand, is to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) I suspect that the changes that have taken place during the last century in the average man’s fundamental beliefs, in his philosophy, in his concept of religion. in his whole world outlook, are greater than the changes that occurred during the preceding four thousand years all put together... because of science and its applications to human life, for these have bloomed in my time as no one in history had had ever dreamed could be possible (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) We have been forced to admit for the first time in history not only the possibility of the fact of the growth and decay of the elements of matter. With radium and with uranium we do not see anything but the decay. And yet, somewhere, somehow, it is almost certain that these elements must be continuously forming. They are probably being put together now in the laboratory of the stars... Can we ever learn to control the process. Why not? Only research can tell (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes) Two erroneous impressions... seem to be current among certain groups of uninformed persons. The first is that religion today stands for mediaeval theology; the second that science is materialistic and irreligious (Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes)