Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it.
Lord KelvinVortices of pure energy can exist and, if my theories are right, can compose the bodily form of an intelligent species.
Lord KelvinIf we can't express what we know in the form of numbers, we really don't know much about it.
Lord KelvinCan you measure it? Can you express it in figures? Can you make a model of it? If not, your theory is apt to be based more upon imagination than upon knowledge.
Lord Kelvin