"I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground."

Ability, Difference, Fact, Opinion

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"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Ability, Taxes

"I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself."

Ike Turner, American Musician

Ability, Confidence, Fighting, Losing

"Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body."

Nathan Deal, American Politician

Ability, Body

"The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly."

Vance Packard, American Writer

Ability, Difference, Man

"I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar."

Mike Figgis, English Director

Ability, Guitar, Play

"Those who can't, try: those who can, don't have to."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Ability, Action, Effort, Success

"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Ability, Job

"Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Ability, Education, Natural, Glory

"The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent."

Stendhal, French Writer

Ability, First

"I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering."

Major Taylor, American Athlete

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"Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests."

Test

"What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress."

Society

"Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us."

Science

"Of course, there are diseases of which people die."

People

"To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters."

Competence

"Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists."

First

"There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative."

Negative

"If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in the scientific community, then something fundamental, very serious, and very disturbing is happening to the scientific community."

Behavior

"I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior."

Legal

"They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community."

Attention