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Quote DB :: Authors :: GK Chesterton :: View Quote View Quote "All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive." - Copy to Clipboard   --  GK Chesterton Listed in: God, Science Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4  Rate Quote 5 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from GK Chesterton "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." "The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people." "Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline." "Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere." "The first two facts which a healthy boy or girl feels about sex are these: first that it is beautiful and then that it is dangerous." Top 5 quotes from God, Science "Science is not about building a body of known 'facts'. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good." "Nothing before had ever made me thoroughly realise, though I had read various scientific books, that science consists in grouping facts so that general laws or conclusions may be drawn from them." "Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it." "All theoretical chemistry is really physics; and all theoretical chemists know it." "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"

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