Stephen Jay Gould Quotes and its meanings

What does Stephen Jay Gould write about?

Stephen Jay Gould has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about history, hope, learning, sad, science & society. People always share History quotes, Hope quotes, learning, sad, science & society from his literary works.

What are the top most famous quotes by Stephen Jay Gould?

Here are the top most famous quotes by Stephen Jay Gould.

• With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.
• Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.
• Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.
• If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have.
• In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
• Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.
• I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society, meant both literally and figuratively, for hammers are the main tool of our trade: Frango ut patefaciam - I break in order to reveal.