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"The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth."

"The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth."

Sidney Altman, Canadian Scientist

Life, Earth, World

30

"It was in the Seventies but I still recall what was a good night for my club. Of course, the stadium has changed now but I have heard that the atmosphere is still the same."

"It was in the Seventies but I still recall what was a good night for my club. Of course, the stadium has changed now but I have heard that the atmosphere is still the same."

Carl Zeiss, German Scientist

30

"Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people and all countries - not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of humankind as civilized."

"Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people and all countries - not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of humankind as civilized."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Society, Civilization, Life, Equality, Obligation

30

"If you are now facing difficulties in your life, don't focus on them but rather focus on God because when you keep your mind on God, you remember that nothing can stand in the way of His Power."

"If you are now facing difficulties in your life, don't focus on them but rather focus on God because when you keep your mind on God, you remember that nothing can stand in the way of His Power."

Dragos Bratasanu, Romanian Scientist

Illusion, Faith, Trust, Strength, God

30

"Our hope is to deliver an incredibly fun and compelling game that will give the fans more than what they've been waiting for, and show a whole new generation of gamers how much fun it is to live the life of a pirate!"

"Our hope is to deliver an incredibly fun and compelling game that will give the fans more than what they've been waiting for, and show a whole new generation of gamers how much fun it is to live the life of a pirate!"

Sid Meier, American Scientist

Life, Hope, Fans, Fun

30

"It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection."

"It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

Science, People, World

30

"People who just float around in life without any direction will tell you that your dreams are not possible. Their knowledge is the perfect mirror of their results. Logic makes perfect sense."

"People who just float around in life without any direction will tell you that your dreams are not possible. Their knowledge is the perfect mirror of their results. Logic makes perfect sense."

Dragos Bratasanu, Romanian Scientist

Culture, Dream, Limitation, Success, Perspective

30

"One of our brainchildren is a still viable Science and Society course."

"One of our brainchildren is a still viable Science and Society course."

Philip Warren Anderson, American Scientist

Science, Society

30

"God lives in the Now. There is always peace in the present moment."

"God lives in the Now. There is always peace in the present moment."

Dragos Bratasanu, Romanian Scientist

Achievement, Peace, Presence, Faith, Now

30

"By shading off, as I have done, the portion of the area of the diagram according to the individual age, every one may see how much of life is consumed, and what is left."

"By shading off, as I have done, the portion of the area of the diagram according to the individual age, every one may see how much of life is consumed, and what is left."

Warren De la Rue, British Scientist

30

"There was a failure to recognize the deep problems in AI; for instance, those captured in Blocks World. The people building physical robots learned nothing."

"There was a failure to recognize the deep problems in AI; for instance, those captured in Blocks World. The people building physical robots learned nothing."

Marvin Minsky, American Scientist

People, Failure, Building, Deep

30

"As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain."

"As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain."

Cleveland Abbe, American Scientist

End, Influence, Man, Needs

30

"For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media."

"For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media."

Will Wright, American Scientist

Media, Question

30

"Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace."

"Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace."

Alexis Carrel, French Scientist

Peace, Religion, Strength, Light

30

"Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go."

"Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go."

Jack Kilby, American Scientist

Technology, Project, Years

30

"No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair."

"No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair."

Margaret Turnbull, American Scientist

Mother, Father, Man

30

"A sense of solidarity among fifteen-to-thirty-year-olds would be a menace to civilized society even in the best of times."

"A sense of solidarity among fifteen-to-thirty-year-olds would be a menace to civilized society even in the best of times."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Sociology, Society, Solidarity, Youth, Power

30

"The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation."

"The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation."

Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist

Action, Contemplation, World

30

"The infrastructure of the US is a long-term suspension of disbelief that such things won't be exploded deliberately by people who don't create anything."

"The infrastructure of the US is a long-term suspension of disbelief that such things won't be exploded deliberately by people who don't create anything."

Dave Winer, American Scientist

30

"Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question."

"Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question."

Vera Rubin, American Scientist

30

"There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth."

"There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth."

Marie Curie, Polish Scientist

Truth, Errors, Scientists

30

"Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them."

"Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them."

Linus Pauling, American Scientist

People, Cancer, Fraud, Research

30

"My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World."

"My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World."

Daniel Nathans, American Scientist

Opportunity, Freedom, Parents, states

30

"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?"

"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?"

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Money, Character, Americans, Value

30

"Life itself is a school, and Nature always a fresh study."

"Life itself is a school, and Nature always a fresh study."

Hugh Miller, Scottish Scientist

Life, Nature, School, Study

30

"The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manners."

"The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manners."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Law, Difficulty, Observation, Change

30

"Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic communities, the majority of the people do not clearly see what they have to gain by a revolution, but they continually and in a thousand ways feel that they might lose by one."

"Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic communities, the majority of the people do not clearly see what they have to gain by a revolution, but they continually and in a thousand ways feel that they might lose by one."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Politics, Democracy, Revolution, Perception, Risk

30

"When we see somebody in a difficult situation, we can understand them only if we had the same experience and had lived through it. Otherwise, we just think we know."

"When we see somebody in a difficult situation, we can understand them only if we had the same experience and had lived through it. Otherwise, we just think we know."

Dragos Bratasanu, Romanian Scientist

Empathy, Understanding, Experience, Perspective

30

"Knights do protect ladies, but only to keep them from being abducted by other knights."

"Knights do protect ladies, but only to keep them from being abducted by other knights."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Ethics, Protection, Chivalry, Respect, Tradition

30

"We all think we are right, or we should not believe as we do."

"We all think we are right, or we should not believe as we do."

William John Wills, English Scientist

30

"The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight."

"The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight."

John Charles Polanyi, Canadian Scientist

Actor, Actors, Applause, Delight

30

"You travel across the country, you visit departments, you give talks, you talk about the work at your laboratory - what's going on, what the opportunities are there - you talk about your own research."

"You travel across the country, you visit departments, you give talks, you talk about the work at your laboratory - what's going on, what the opportunities are there - you talk about your own research."

Frank Press, American Scientist

Travel, Work, Country, Research

30

"Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time."

"Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time."

Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist

Time, People, Circumstances

30

"Nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents."

"Nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Law, Complexity, Obscurity, Knowledge

30

"We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration."

"We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration."

Burt Rutan, American Scientist

Experience, Travel, Dreams, Inspiration

30

"With every dream and with every love, you have to die to the old, and be reborn to the new. You must leave what you know behind, and surrender to the unknown."

"With every dream and with every love, you have to die to the old, and be reborn to the new. You must leave what you know behind, and surrender to the unknown."

Dragos Bratasanu, Romanian Scientist

Justice, Transformation, Change, Life, Emotion

30

"We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature."

"We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature."

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian Scientist

Life, Nature, Day, Harmony

30

"I wish I had the voice of Homer to sing of rectal carcinoma."

"I wish I had the voice of Homer to sing of rectal carcinoma."

John B. S. Haldane, British Scientist

30

"We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life."

"We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life."

William Osler, Canadian Scientist

30

"If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so."

"If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

Science, Evolution, Theory, Years

30

"But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the case, that he himself gave a course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy, during the same winter, and that the money raised by them was also applied towards paying for the Orrery."

"But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the case, that he himself gave a course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy, during the same winter, and that the money raised by them was also applied towards paying for the Orrery."

David Rittenhouse, American Scientist

Money, Philosophy, State, Winter

30

"Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn't notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates."

"Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn't notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates."

David Bohm, American Scientist

Thought, Problems, Trying

30

"Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy, those who had anything united in common terror."

"Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy, those who had anything united in common terror."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Society, Division, Envy, Class

30

"I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical."

"I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

30

"I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children."

"I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

Life, Work, Wife, HusbChildren

30

"Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average."

"Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

Being, End, World

29

"Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise."

"Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise."

George Washington Carver, American Scientist

29

"The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies."

"The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Goal, March, Public

29

"The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice."

"The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice."

Koichi Tanaka, Japanese Scientist

Character, Acceptance, Challenge, Choice

29

"I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs."

"I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs."

Hannes Alfven, Swedish Scientist

Work, Physics, Present, Universe

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