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Quotes by Scientist
"While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together."
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"I do not think that there is a reputable scientist on this planet who would advocate using this technology to generate a human child as was just announced."
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"Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides."
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"Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace."
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"I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society."
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"I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse."
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"Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen."
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"Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime."
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"I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments."
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"Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence."
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"In Darwin's time all of biology was a black box: not only the cell, or the eye, or digestion, or immunity, but every biological structure and function because, ultimately, no one could explain how biological processes occurred."
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"One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god."
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"I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy."
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"Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration."
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"Age affects how people experience time."
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"The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs."
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"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
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"I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me."
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"Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new."
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"You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future."
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"After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either."
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"It was a long time since he'd done any actual clinical work, and obviously his sojourn among the academics at Saro University had attenuated the professional detachment that allows members of the healing arts to confront the ill without being overwhelmed by compassion and sorrow. He was surprised at that, how tenderhearted he seemed to have become, how thin-skinned."
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