Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world.
LINUS PAULINGOnly when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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I try to identify myself with the atoms. I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom.
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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
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I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs — there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.
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Science is the search for truth – it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.
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Everyone should know that the ‘war on cancer’ is largely a fraud.
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Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.
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In teaching, you do not want to COVER things, you want to UNCOVER them. The best way to get good ideas is to have lots of ideas.
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Like thousands of other boys, I had a little chemical laboratory in our cellar and think that some of our friends thought me a bit crazy.
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Life is a relationship between molecules.
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I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: ‘Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.’ The twenty-five percent is for error.
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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used – we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.
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No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.
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