black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

Linus Pauling

Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
LINUS PAULING

Civilization Communication Evolution Greatness Man Power Remember Responsibility Thinking
Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
LINUS PAULING

Curiosity Greatness Happiness Life Reality Satisfaction
No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.
LINUS PAULING

Evidence Food Goodness Health Medicine
Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world.
LINUS PAULING

Authority Better Decision Fact Happiness Leadership Life Medicine Politics Work World
I think that the formation of [DNA’s] structure by Watson and Crick may turn out to be the greatest developments in the field of molecular genetics in recent years.
LINUS PAULING

Development Formation Greatness Science Structure Thinking
Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries than we can imagine will be made, and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
LINUS PAULING

Consequence Curiosity Discover Enthusiasm Imagination Interest Knowledge Man Result Science Wait
There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
LINUS PAULING

Harm Radiance Safety
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.
LINUS PAULING

Chemistry Crazy Friendship Laboratory Man Thinking
Science is the search for truth – it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.
LINUS PAULING

Game Harm Rival Science Search Truth Try
You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.
LINUS PAULING

Healing Sick Yourself
Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
LINUS PAULING

Chemistry Politics Relationship World
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 PAULING

College Myself Nature Study World
I think every person should be able to enjoy life. Try to decide what you most enjoy doing, and then look around to see if there is a job for which you could prepare yourself that would enable you to continue having this sort of joy.
LINUS PAULING

Decision Enjoyment Joy Life Myself Person Preparation Thinking Try
Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all.
LINUS PAULING

Greatness Humanity Ideas Philosophy Profit Progress Science
Provided one has the correct level of vitamin, mineral and nutritional input, the body can overcome disease.
LINUS PAULING

Body Correction Nutrition Sick
But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe – and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
LINUS PAULING

Curiosity Description Discover Enthusiasm Imagination Interest

You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Linus Pauling Quotes