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J Robert Oppenheimer: The true scientist...

J Robert Oppenheimer: The true scientist...

The true scientist never loses the faculty of amusement. It is the essence of his being.

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J Robert Oppenheimer: I am become...

J Robert Oppenheimer: I am become...

I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds.

Source: quoting a line from the...

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J Robert Oppenheimer: As long as...

J Robert Oppenheimer: As long as...

As long as men are free to ask what they must -- free to say what they think -- free to think what they will --...

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Salvador Dali: The only difference...

Salvador Dali: The only difference...

The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.

Source: Diary of...

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Peter Medawar: Among scientists are...

Peter Medawar: Among scientists are...

Among scientists are collectors, classifiers, and compulsive tidiers-up; many are detectives by temperament and many...

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James McNeill Whistler: You shouldn't say...

James McNeill Whistler: You shouldn't say...

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly...

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Addison Mizner: God gives us...

Addison Mizner: God gives us...

God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends.

Source: The Cynic's...

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Richard Buckminster Fuller: A problem adequately...

Richard Buckminster Fuller: A problem adequately...

A problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved.

Source:...

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Neil Armstrong: That's one small...

Neil Armstrong: That's one small...

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

Source: Remark when...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: All truth, in...

Thomas Henry Huxley: All truth, in...

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

Source: On the Study of...

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Jean Rostand: Prerequisite for rereadability...

Jean Rostand: Prerequisite for rereadability...

Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.

Source: Carnets...

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Marie Curie: To be nobody-but-yourself...

Marie Curie: To be nobody-but-yourself...

To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to...

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Orlando A Battista: Temptations, unlike opportunities,...

Orlando A Battista: Temptations, unlike opportunities,...

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you second chances.

Source: In...

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Louis Pasteur: Let me tell...

Louis Pasteur: Let me tell...

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: The environment that...

Ellen Swallow Richards: The environment that...

The environment that people live in is the environment that they learn to live in, respond to, and perpetuate. If the...

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Vannevar Bush: A belief may...

Vannevar Bush: A belief may...

A belief may be larger than a fact.

Source: Science Is Not Enough, 1967.
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Stephen Leacock: Writing is no...

Stephen Leacock: Writing is no...

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself -- it is the...

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Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

A 'Grand Old Man'. That means on our continent any one with snow white hair who has kept out of jail till...

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Benjamin Jowett: Research! A mere...

Benjamin Jowett: Research! A mere...

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest...

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Benjamin Jowett: My dear child,...

Benjamin Jowett: My dear child,...

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tell you.

Source: In...

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