The historical approach to understanding of scientific fact is what differentiates the scholar in science from the mere experimenter.

- Edwin Boring

Half the time I read Hayek's The Sensory Order with amazement at the extent of his reading and comprehension. He is right most of the time.

- Edwin Boring

Doing an experiment is not more important than writing.

- Edwin Boring

Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we may have…

- Edwin Boring