We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.
MARIE CURIEA scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.
More Marie Curie Quotes
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A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.
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It was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty.
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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
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First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
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Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.
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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
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It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.
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Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.
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The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we propose to give the name of radium.
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I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
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Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.
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My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together.
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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
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We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.
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It’s always good to marry your best friend.
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