“In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.”

It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.

When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.

When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.

From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.

The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.

I feel it is unnatural and immoral to try to teach science to children in a foreign language They will know facts, but they will miss the spirit.

It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.

It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early work did not suffer extinction has been due entirely to the opportunities provided for me by the great city of Calcutta.

It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.

We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.

We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.

The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.

It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.

A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.

I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.

The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.

The people who despise America are the editors of the ‘New Statesman.’ Their green-card applications must have been turned down.

You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.

And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.

Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing.

Within the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that’s a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.

I want to thank my wife who I don’t normally usually associate with Iran. I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It’s good. It is work, but it’s the best kind of work, and there’s no one I’d rather work with!

I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.