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 PAULINGBy the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age on, you can, I believe, extend your life and years of well-being by twenty-five or even thirty-five years.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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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.
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Science is the search for truth.
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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 the ‘war on cancer’ is largely a fraud.
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I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.
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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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There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.
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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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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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Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.
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Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.
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Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.
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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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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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