“Science is a cemetery of dead ideas, even though life may issue from them.”
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), V : The Rationalist Dissolution
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Miguel de Unamuno199
19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher 1864–1936Related quotes
“I am dead to them, even though I once flowered.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Journals Of Sylvia Plath
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782) French naval engineer, botanist and agronomist
Marquis de Condorcet. Tribute to Duhamel du Monceau, April 30, 1783
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 101
Context: Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.
“Even though it’s applied science we’re dealin’ with, it still is – science!”
Leslie Z. Benet (1937) American pharmaceutical scientist
Bio-International ’94 Conference on Bioavailability, Bioequivalence and Pharmacokinetic Studies, Munich, Germany, June 16, 1994.
Henri Poincaré book Science and Hypothesis
Source: Science and Hypothesis (1901), Ch. I. (1905) Tr. George Bruce Halstead
Tim Hurson (1946) Creativity theorist, author and speaker
Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking
Marguerite Yourcenar book Memoirs of Hadrian
La mémoire de la plupart des hommes est un cimetière abandonné, où gisent sans honneurs des morts qu'ils ont cessé de chérir.
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian (1951), p. 209
