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If you can not measure it, you can not improve it. — Lord Kelvin

[Referring to Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat] ... Fourier's great mathematical poem ... — Lord Kelvin

The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught. — Lord Kelvin

Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it. — Lord Kelvin

Mathematics is the only true metaphysics. — Lord Kelvin

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. — Lord Kelvin

Vortices of pure energy can exist and, if my theories are right, can compose the bodily form of an intelligent species. — Lord Kelvin

The influence of animal or vegetable life on matter is infinitely beyond the range of any scientific inquiry hitherto entered on. — Lord Kelvin

When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery. — Lord Kelvin

I believe that the more thoroughly science is studied, the further does it take us from anything comparable to atheism. — Lord Kelvin

There is nothing in science which teaches the origin of anything at all. — Lord Kelvin

All of science can be divided into physics and stamp-collecting. — Lord Kelvin

Fourier is a mathematical poem. — Lord Kelvin

Radio has no future." "X-rays are clearly a hoax". "The aeroplane is scientifically impossible. — Lord Kelvin

The more thoroughly I conduct scientific research, the more I believe that science excludes atheism. — Lord Kelvin

I have no satisfaction in formulas unless I feel their numerical magnitude. — Lord Kelvin

If you cannot measure it, then it is not science. — Lord Kelvin

[Of the ether] it is no greater mystery at all events than the shoemakers' wax. — Lord Kelvin

If we can't express what we know in the form of numbers, we really don't know much about it. — Lord Kelvin

If you study science deep enough and long enough, it will force you to believe in God. — Lord Kelvin

To measure is to know. — Lord Kelvin

The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words. — Lord Kelvin

Mathematics is the only good metaphysics. — Lord Kelvin

Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women. — Lord Kelvin

The glory of science is to imagine more than we can prove. — Freeman Dyson

When Lord Kelvin was in this country [U.S.], he said that nothing interested him so much as Mr. Hewitt's work and his vacuum lamp. — Ray Stannard Baker

To live among friends is the primary essential of happiness. — Lord Kelvin

When you cannot measure, your knowledge is meager and unsatisfactory. — Lord Kelvin

In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting. — Lord Kelvin

At what time does the dissipation of energy begin? — Lord Kelvin

You know only insofar as you can measure. — Lord Kelvin