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Quotes by Scientist
"For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation."
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"Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment, a general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere, on an unparalleled scale."
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"Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us."
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"A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
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"But what is more, if we have succeeded in adding to the basic understanding of our universe and ourselves, we will have made a contribution to the totality of human culture."
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"The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive."
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"For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them."
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"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."
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"Nuclear weapons are intrinsically neither moral nor immoral, though they are more prone to immoral use than most weapons."
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"Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days."
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"The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman."
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"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home."
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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."
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"So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel."
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"Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed."
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"Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human."
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"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness."
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"With such evidence, as well as the sealed doorway between the two guardian statues of the King, the mystery gradually dawned upon us. We were but in the anterior portion of a tomb."
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"In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them."
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"Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving."
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"The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent."
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"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
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"I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table."
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"This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!"
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"Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy."
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"Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution."
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"Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment."
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"I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment."
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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."
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"Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other."
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