Top 20 Quotes by Harry Kroto

About Harry Kroto

These are some quotes by English author Harry Kroto Scientist, who lived between October 7, 1939 and April 30, 2016.

Art and science are intrinsically the same except for one thing. The universe is in control of your science, whether it's right or wrong, and the public are in control of your art - if they're going to buy it, if you're going to make a living that way.

Harry Kroto

Science is based solely on doubt-based, disinterested examination of the natural and physical world. It is entirely independent of personal belief. There is a very important, fundamental concomitant - that is to accept absolutely nothing whatsoever, for which there is no evidence, as having any fundamental validity.

Harry Kroto

I've always felt that the Nobel Prize gives me nothing as far as science is concerned.

I've always felt that the Nobel Prize gives me nothing as far as science is concerned.

Harry Kroto

Never, ever, compromise on science.

Never, ever, compromise on science.

Harry Kroto

Without evidence, anything goes. Think about it. Common sense says the sun goes round the Earth. Who agrees with me?

Without evidence, anything goes. Think about it. Common sense says the sun goes round the Earth. Who agrees with me?

Harry Kroto

Having chosen something worth doing, never give up, and try not to let anyone down.

Having chosen something worth doing, never give up, and try not to let anyone down.

Harry Kroto

You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.

You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.

Harry Kroto

Imagine if we had stopped science in 1904. Yes, there would have been no nerve gas and no Bhopal, but there would also have been no penicillin. All science is a trade-off.

Imagine if we had stopped science in 1904. Yes, there would have been no nerve gas and no Bhopal, but there would also have been no penicillin. All science is a trade-off.

Harry Kroto

I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.

I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.

Harry Kroto

The laissez-faire attitude to science education has resulted in a disaster exemplified by the fact that more young people are opting for media studies than physics.

The laissez-faire attitude to science education has resulted in a disaster exemplified by the fact that more young people are opting for media studies than physics.

Harry Kroto

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