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"A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do."

"A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do."

Niklaus Wirth, Swiss Scientist

Experience, Logic, Magic, Thinking

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"The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it."

"The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

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"Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player."

"Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player."

David Gill, Scottish Scientist

Management, Manager, Will, Worth

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"The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden."

"The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden."

Ken Thompson, American Scientist

Gardening, Garden

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"The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment."

"The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment."

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian Scientist

Thought, First, Law, Results

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"The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully."

"The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully."

William Kirby, English Scientist

Actor, Actors, states, United

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"There are very important and practical issues raised by following this alternative route which says, let's look to material conditions, to the systems of production, to the needs that human beings have, and to competing alternative solutions to the satisfaction of those needs."

"There are very important and practical issues raised by following this alternative route which says, let's look to material conditions, to the systems of production, to the needs that human beings have, and to competing alternative solutions to the satisfaction of those needs."

Marvin Harris, American Scientist

Needs, Production, Satisfaction

49

"Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion."

"Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Religion, Society, Commitment

49

"A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures."

"A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures."

Alan Perlis, American Scientist

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"Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition."

"Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition."

Stephen Jay Gould, American Scientist

Science, Culture, Tradition

49

"We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate."

"We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate."

Henri Bergson, French Scientist

Intelligence, Inferiority, Superiority, Man

49

"We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons."

"We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons."

George Wald, American Scientist

Weapon, Weapons

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"Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold."

"Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold."

Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Scientist

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"The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish."

"The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish."

Donald Knuth, American Scientist

Machine, Machines, Night, Sleep, Today

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"In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm."

"In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm."

Alan Perlis, American Scientist

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"A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require a much more elaborate model of human behavior."

"A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require a much more elaborate model of human behavior."

Will Wright, American Scientist

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"Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time."

"Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time."

Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist

49

"People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware."

"People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware."

Alan Kay, American Scientist

People, Hardware, Software

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"It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts find it so difficult to define it in explicit terms."

"It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts find it so difficult to define it in explicit terms."

Arthur Keith, Scottish Scientist

Civilization, Experts

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"Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty."

"Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty."

John Carmack, American Scientist

Science, Difficulty

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"And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb."

"And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb."

Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli Scientist

49

"It's been suggested that if the super-naturalists really had the powers they claim, they'd win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science. Either way, why are they wasting their talents doing party turns on television?By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

"It's been suggested that if the super-naturalists really had the powers they claim, they'd win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science. Either way, why are they wasting their talents doing party turns on television?By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Skepticism, Supernatural, Science, Logic

49

"The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas."

"The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas."

Linus Pauling, American Scientist

49

"Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar."

"Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar."

Peter R. Grant, American Scientist

49

"Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can."

"Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can."

Richard Stallman, American Scientist

God, Gods, Certainty, Ethics

49

"The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity."

"The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity."

Steven Chu, American Scientist

49

"Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living."

"Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living."

Thomas Browne, British Scientist

Life, Death, Living, Shadow

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"Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism."

"Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism."

Louis Pasteur, French Scientist

49

"The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term. There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive."

"The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term. There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive."

Bjorn Lomborg, Danish Scientist

Global warming, Now, Saying, Want

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"It's not the case that carbon dioxide drives temperatures. When you leave Ice Ages, it's the other way around: The temperatures go up first, and then carbon dioxide levels go up."

"It's not the case that carbon dioxide drives temperatures. When you leave Ice Ages, it's the other way around: The temperatures go up first, and then carbon dioxide levels go up."

Piers Corbyn, English Scientist

49

"Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics."

"Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics."

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

Alchemy, Astronomy, Ethics, Medicine

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"Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen."

"Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

49

"If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them."

"If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them."

Dan Farmer, American Scientist

49

"The sphinx will always have to be looked after."

"The sphinx will always have to be looked after."

Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Scientist

49

"This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine."

"This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine."

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

Alchemy, Medicine, Office

49

"Programming is usually taught by examples."

"Programming is usually taught by examples."

Niklaus Wirth, Swiss Scientist

49

"In other words, we are interested in the anatomical and mental characteristics of men living under the same biological, geographical, and social environment, and as determined by their past."

"In other words, we are interested in the anatomical and mental characteristics of men living under the same biological, geographical, and social environment, and as determined by their past."

Franz Boas, American Scientist

Men, Environment, Living, Past

49

"The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words."

"The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words."

Hippocrates, Greek Scientist

Virtue, Language, Nothing, Words

49

"Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself."

"Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself."

Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist

Ability, Day, Man, Nothing

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"Another interesting field, which is my own, is cofactors, not only to the disease but also to transmission. I am still puzzled by the fact that you get more sexual transmission in some ethnic populations. One way to answer this is to look for genetic factors."

"Another interesting field, which is my own, is cofactors, not only to the disease but also to transmission. I am still puzzled by the fact that you get more sexual transmission in some ethnic populations. One way to answer this is to look for genetic factors."

Luc Montagnier, French Scientist

49

"The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise."

"The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise."

Thomas Sydenham, English Scientist

Art, Exercise, Medicine, Practice

49

"To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old."

"To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old."

Clyde Tombaugh, American Scientist

Music, Machine, Man, Old

49

"Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in a social way, from the point of social considerations and economics, it will tell you that this thing will stay around."

"Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in a social way, from the point of social considerations and economics, it will tell you that this thing will stay around."

Martin Fleischmann, English Scientist

Economics, Now, Value, Will

49

"Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't."

"Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't."

Arthur Eddington, British Scientist

Body, Rest, State

49

"The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental."

"The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Being, Folly, Injustice, World

49

"God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't."

"God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't."

Alfred Korzybski, Polish Scientist

49

"During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going."

"During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going."

James W. Black, Scottish Scientist

Doubt, Research, Years

49

"I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot."

"I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot."

Jamie Zawinski, American Scientist

Linux, Today, Unix, Windows

49

"TCP works very hard to get the data delivered in order without errors and does retransmissions and recoveries and all that kind of stuff which is exactly what you want in a file transfer because so you don't want any errors in your file."

"TCP works very hard to get the data delivered in order without errors and does retransmissions and recoveries and all that kind of stuff which is exactly what you want in a file transfer because so you don't want any errors in your file."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

Error, Errors, Order, Want

49

"Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties."

"Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties."

John Cameron, American Scientist

Medical, Time, Work, Cooperation

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