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John 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.

John 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.

John B. S. Haldane quotes: It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine.

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

John 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

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John B. S. Haldane quotes: Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination.

Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination.

John B. S. Haldane quotes: I wish I had the voice of Homer to sing of rectal carcinoma.

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

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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".

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John B. S. Haldane quotes: My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.

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

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John B. S. Haldane quotes: There can be no truce between science and religion.

There can be no truce between science and religion.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.

John 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.