Quotes by Geophysicists

As far as I'm concerned, Americans don't drink nearly enough. A good alcoholic poisoning of the brain now and then clears it out in a way that nothing else can.

Stuart Rojstaczer

Much as I admired the elegance of physical theories, which at that time geology wholly lacked, I preferred a life in the woods to one in the laboratory.

J. Tuzo Wilson

Scientists still do not appear to understand sufficiently that all earth sciences must contribute evidence toward unveiling the state of our planet in earlier times, and that the truth of the matter can only be reached by combing all this evidence. ... It is only by combing the information furnished by all the earth sciences that we can hope to determine 'truth' here, that is to say, to find the picture that sets out all the known facts in the best arrangement and that therefore has the highest degree of probability. Further, we have to be prepared always for the possibility that each new discovery, no matter what science furnishes it, may modify the conclusions we draw.

Alfred Wegener

the mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time

Sir James Hall

There are no proofs. There are only agreements

Paul W. Silver

There are no proofs. There are only agreements

Paul W. Silver

Instead of making prisoners out of our students, we ought to make students out of our prisoners.

Paul W. Silver