Quotes About Research

Wenn Du deine Weisheiten aus einem einzigen Buch klaust, bist Du ein Plagiator. Aber wenn Du aus zehn Büchern klaust, nennt man Dich einen Gelehrten, wenn Du aus dreißig oder vierzig Büchern klaust - einen hervorragenden Gelehrten

When we as writers take our fears, beliefs, imaginations, and research and offer them up for the Lord to use, we are changed, and our fiction carries the power of truth and the fingerprints of our God on every page.

Only theory can turn a heap of facts into a tower of knowledge

In his opinion, scientists could play a role by obstructing the material preparations for war – refusing to undertake any research on armaments – but what was required ultimately to remove the antecedents of war was opposition to 'the state, particularly one's own state, in so far as it is an organ for war'.8

Research knowledge of a complex phenomenon advances by comparing the relative contributions of different models.

We applaud the great strides made through genetic identification research, however, we do not condone the use of such information for eugenics and related purposes...The question of what lives are worth living is now answered in doctors' offices instead of in Nazis' T-4 programme. The forces of normalisation seem to be gaining ground.

America has already taken in more than one-quarter of Mexico's entire population, according to the Pew Research Center's analysis of census data.

advocates unfettered scientific research and debate—but then, with no evidence, simply declares discussions about evolution and global warming closed; •

the U.S. House of Representatives voted effectively to ban embryonic stem-cell research on February 27, 2003.

Our present policy on human stem cells has been shaped by beliefs that are divorced from every reasonable intuition we might form about the possible experience of living systems.

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it. This leads us to look at catalogues, and at the backs of books in libraries.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

Recent study of beetle digestive tracts has found more than 650 distinct yeasts, at least 200 of which were previously unidentified

I am indebted to the archivists

Confirmation bias looks exactly like knowledge gained from doing your own research.

Assuming scientists are human, you would expect lots of peer-reviewed studies to be flawed.

spending semesters at MIT, where he was completing a doctorate in Game Theory.

Flexner's good intentions had laid the groundwork for the specialty- and research-dominated system of medical education that still stands- the more prestigious the school, the greater the emphasis on biomedical research and the less the emphasis on pragmatic medical care.

You don't like the way the study of an expensive drug for blood pressure is going? A nonissue - just stop the study before the results reach statistical significance.

I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear.

Research indicates that employees around the world have expectations for professional development. Ultimate responsibility for career development rests with the employee. It is up to him or her to take advantage of the opportunities offered.