Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
LINUS PAULINGThe 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.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
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You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.
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Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow.
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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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