Famous Galileo Galilei Quotes

  • I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations. – Galileo Galilei

    I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.– Galileo Galilei

  • It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon. – Galileo Galilei

    It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.– Galileo Galilei

  • (T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts. – Galileo Galilei

    (T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.– Galileo Galilei

  • Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards. – Galileo Galilei

    Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.– Galileo Galilei

  • Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured. – Galileo Galilei

    Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.– Galileo Galilei

  • In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. – Galileo Galilei

    In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.– Galileo Galilei