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"Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines."

"Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines."

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

Power, Lie, Virtue, Alchemy

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"The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or even touch off a war between two other powers for purposes of their own."

"The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or even touch off a war between two other powers for purposes of their own."

Herman Kahn, American Scientist

War, Crisis, Nations, Pressure

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"We'd love to do Pirates for the 21st century. People have also asked about Colonization, and a few others."

"We'd love to do Pirates for the 21st century. People have also asked about Colonization, and a few others."

Sid Meier, American Scientist

35

"I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'."

"I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'."

Bruce Schneier, American Scientist

First, Internet, Security

35

"The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases."

"The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases."

William Osler, Canadian Scientist

Life, Disease, Drugs, Old

35

"My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur."

"My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur."

Paul Nurse, British Scientist

Mother, Father, English, Houses

35

"In the summer of 1965 I was invited to join Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and returned to academic life as professor with the added responsibility of becoming also Department Chairman."

"In the summer of 1965 I was invited to join Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and returned to academic life as professor with the added responsibility of becoming also Department Chairman."

George Andrew Olah, American Scientist

Life, Responsibility, Summer, University

35

"I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child."

"I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child."

Koichi Tanaka, Japanese Scientist

Time, Building, Electricity, Engineering

35

"I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment."

"I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment."

Henri Bergson, French Scientist

Change, Mind, State

35

"The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom."

"The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom."

Willard Libby, American Scientist

Knowledge, Energy, Future, Understanding

35

"Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization."

"Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization."

Henri Bergson, French Scientist

Sex, Civilization, Sex appeal

35

"Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research."

"Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research."

Kenneth G. Wilson, American Scientist

Government, Now, Research

35

"One way to get high speed to the home is over cable systems."

"One way to get high speed to the home is over cable systems."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

35

"Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful."

"Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful."

Arthur Keith, Scottish Scientist

35

"Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for a long time to have solved the international language problem up to a certain point, they did not really do so in spirit."

"Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for a long time to have solved the international language problem up to a certain point, they did not really do so in spirit."

Edward Sapir, American Scientist

Time, Language, Religious, Spirit

35

"Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling."

"Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling."

Henry Taube, Canadian Scientist

Science, Culture, Exercise

35

"Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress of science."

"Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress of science."

Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist

Science, Knowledge, Progress, Light

35

"The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament."

"The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament."

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

Dream, Dreams, God, Angels, Nothing

35

"Second point is no one here could predict or know that Israel was involved or started producing the hydrogen bomb - the most advanced and powerful atomic bomb that can kill millions of people."

"Second point is no one here could predict or know that Israel was involved or started producing the hydrogen bomb - the most advanced and powerful atomic bomb that can kill millions of people."

Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli Scientist

35

"With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery."

"With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery."

Paul Berg, American Scientist

Time, Discovery, Excitement, Facts

35

"Although Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did not even attempt to explain how the simple light sensitive spot that was his starting point actually worked."

"Although Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did not even attempt to explain how the simple light sensitive spot that was his starting point actually worked."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

Eye, Light, World

35

"I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed."

"I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed."

William John Wills, English Scientist

People, Hearing

35

"It is very similar to companies like Google and other internet companies. When you go and search on Google you don't pay for that. But sometimes you click on an advert and Google makes money on that."

"It is very similar to companies like Google and other internet companies. When you go and search on Google you don't pay for that. But sometimes you click on an advert and Google makes money on that."

Niklas Zennstrom, Swedish Scientist

Money, Internet

35

"I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution."

"I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution."

Donald Johanson, American Scientist

Death, Ideas, Evolution, Will

35

"The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose."

"The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose."

Louis Leakey, British Scientist

Age, Time, Purpose, Beds

35

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."

George Washington Carver, American Scientist

35

"Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now."

"Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now."

Keith Henson, American Scientist

35

"The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity of the case, from the mere physiological to the psychological stage of scientific operations."

"The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity of the case, from the mere physiological to the psychological stage of scientific operations."

Richard Owen, English Scientist

Nature, Aspirations, Man, Mission

35

"In our daily lives as programmers, we process text strings a lot. So I tried to work hard on text processing, namely the string class and regular expressions. Regular expressions are built into the language and are very tuned up for use."

"In our daily lives as programmers, we process text strings a lot. So I tried to work hard on text processing, namely the string class and regular expressions. Regular expressions are built into the language and are very tuned up for use."

Yukihiro Matsumoto, Japanese Scientist

Work, Class, Language

35

"Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason."

"Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason."

Ashley Montagu, English Scientist

35

"When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac."

"When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac."

Bram Cohen, American Scientist

35

"In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order."

"In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order."

Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

Being, Energy, Fact, Order

35

"That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and function and formed the basis for me receiving the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry."

"That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and function and formed the basis for me receiving the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry."

Paul Berg, American Scientist

Technology, Work

35

"In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God."

"In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God."

Benjamin Spock, American Scientist

God, Family, Children, Country

35

"A brief visit to Nepal started my insatiable love for Asian art."

"A brief visit to Nepal started my insatiable love for Asian art."

Richard Ernst, Swiss Scientist

Art, Love, Visit

35

"The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him."

"The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him."

Claude Levi-Strauss, French Scientist

Man, Will, World

35

"We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them."

"We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them."

Miguel de Icaza, Mexican Scientist

Learning, Linux

35

"The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry."

"The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry."

Derek Barton, British Scientist

35

"Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile."

"Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile."

Rudy Rucker, American Scientist

Advice, Beginning, Writers

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"This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished."

"This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished."

Jack Kilby, American Scientist

35

"Since, in the long run, every planetary civilization will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring--not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive... If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds."

"Since, in the long run, every planetary civilization will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring--not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive... If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Survival, Space, Responsibility, Futurism

35

"Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!"

"Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!"

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

35

"Like many other Laureates, I have benefit immeasurably from the love and support of my wife and children."

"Like many other Laureates, I have benefit immeasurably from the love and support of my wife and children."

John Pople, English Scientist

Love, Wife, Children, Support

35

"Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications."

"Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Society, Progress, Economy, Population

35

"I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning."

"I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning."

Marvin Minsky, American Scientist

Knowledge, Direction, Learning, Needs

35

"But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom."

"But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom."

Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli Scientist

35

"I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology."

"I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology."

Paul Nurse, British Scientist

Work, Genetics, Reputation, Tradition

35

"I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance."

"I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance."

David Kay, American Scientist

Thought, Apology, Reality, World

35

"Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings."

"Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings."

Niklaus Wirth, Swiss Scientist

Development, Software

35

"By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers."

"By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers."

Donald Cram, American Scientist

Time, Decision, Careers, Children

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