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You could write the entire history of science in the last 50 years in terms of papers rejected by Science or Nature.
The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
Nuclear war would mean abolition of most comforts, and disruption of normal routines, for children and adults alike.
Originally a pupil of Liebig, I became a pupil of Dumas, Gerhardt and Williamson: I no longer belonged to any school.
To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone.
You're never quite sure how you feel about a neighbor until a 'For Sale' sign suddenly appears in front of his house.
For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.
Science is an enterprise that can only flourish if it puts the truth ahead of nationality, ethnicity, class and color.
The progress of mankind is due exclusively to the progress of natural sciences, not to morals, religion or philosophy.
Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot." (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)
The controls of life are structured as forms and nuclear arrangements, in a relation with the motions of the universe.
There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect.
Sometimes I get too wound up in my chemistry, but if you play chamber music, it's impossible to think about chemistry.
Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling.
Today I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence.
I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
All my life I've been surrounded by people who are smarter than I am, but I found I could always keep up by working hard.
The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.
When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.
Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of inventions.
The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom.
Civilization is hideously fragile... there's not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.
I think, on the whole that scientists make slightly better husbands and fathers than most of us, and I admire them for it.
People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.
Knowledge is the best eraser in the world for disharmony, distrust, despair, and the endless physical deficiencies of man.
The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized.
Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.
We are perhaps not far removed from the time when we shall be able to submit the bulk of chemical phenomena to calculation.
When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.
A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.
If you mix up chirality, a protein's properties change enormously. Life couldn't operate with just random mixtures of stuff.
Somebody is always reflectively monkeying with some of the parts of an infinite universe - monkeying as distinct from aping.
The main function of the museum has been to serve as a pedestal upon which a clique of socialites pose as patrons of the arts
Chymia, or Alchemy and Spagyrism, is the art of resolving compound bodies into their principles and of combining these again.
There is good science you can do in space. There is stuff there you cannot do on Earth and we can gain understanding from it.
It must always be borne in mind that the assumption of woman's social superiority lies at the root of these rules of conduct.
Every man is a valuable member of society, who, by his observations, researches, and experiments, procures knowledge for men.
Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.
Dawn came on us like a betrayer; it seemed as though the new sun rose as an ally of our enemies to assist in our destruction.
If a foreign government had imposed this system of education on the United States, we would rightly consider it an act of war.
In education the appetite does indeed grow with eating. I have never known anyone to abandon study because they knew too much.
These are the living springs of great thoughts and great actions. Everything grows clear in the reflections from the Infinite.
The work of bestial degradation, begun by the victorious Germans, had been carried to its conclusion by the Germans in defeat.
Living with and studying good paintings offers greater interest, variety and satisfaction than any other pleasure known to man.
The potential of the psychedelic drugs to provide access to the interior universe, is, I believe, their most valuable property.
What are they doing, examining last month's costs with a microscope when they should be surveying the horizon with a telescope?
If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly - may I say almost solely - from universal assiduity.
From one sublime genius-NEWTON-more light has proceeded than the labour of a thousand years preceding had been able to produce.
Zeroth law: You must play the game First law: You can't win Second law: You can't break even Third law: You can't quit the game.
Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals.