One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
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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All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me.
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Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.
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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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Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.
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We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.
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Scientist believe in things, not in person.
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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
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I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.
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The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace.
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You will find that one special love that you know is right but for some reason just doesn’t last.
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We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.
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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
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First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
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I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
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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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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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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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All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.
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In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
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If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.
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I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
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Science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
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Life is not easy for any for us.
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