Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
LINUS PAULINGLike 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.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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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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There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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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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You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.
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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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Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.
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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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Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.
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Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
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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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Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.
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Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow.
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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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Provided one has the correct level of vitamin, mineral and nutritional input, the body can overcome disease.
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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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