"In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances." ― Herbert Spencer Topic(s): Science More From Herbert Spencer "We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one." "The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship." "Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’." More In Science "Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren’t all that great)."― Frederik Pohl "One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it."― Herbert Simon "The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought."― Walter Gilbert