Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.
More Quotes from Louis Agassiz:
Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.Louis Agassiz
Study nature, not books.
Louis Agassiz
I have no time to make money, I am searching for the truth
Louis Agassiz
The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature.
Louis Agassiz
I cannot afford to waste my time making money.
Louis Agassiz
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: People QuotesBased on Keywords: lastly
Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.
Ida Lupino
After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it's like you're in New York, it's like going to Broadway.
Kel Mitchell
Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
Malcolm Cowley