Social scientists could supply plenty of research to show that one member of the family, at least, is happier and more well adjusted when mum stays home and looks after the children. But that person is dadöa finding of limited use to backlash publicists.

-Faludi, Susan
  Backlash (UK edn), ch.2,'Man Shortages and Barren Wombs'.

Effective research scarcely begins before a scientific community thinks it has acquired firm answers to questions like the following: What are the fundamental entities of which the universe is composed? How do these interact with each other and with the senses? What questions may legitimately be asked about such entities and what techniques employed in seeking solutions?

-Kuhn,Thomas S(amuel)
  The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

   It is characteristic of the design of scientific research that exquisite attention is devoted to methodological problems that can be solved, while the pretense is made that the ones that cannot be solved are really nothing to worryabout.

-Lewontin, Richard Charles
  'Sex, Lies, and Social Science', in the NewYork Review of Books, 20  Apr.