Quotes About Research

All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases, led to no advantage.

I had already done a lot of research for Rough Riders, keeping notebooks and old photographs. Some of the books were antiques for that time period, with the covers falling off.

Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator.

I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals.

We are opening up an enormous new era in archaeology. Time capsules in the deep oceans.

Recent research into the problem shows that three percent of all American males are considered antisocial, while only one percent of women are. Interestingly, little boys tend to show sociopathic traits early in childhood, while girls with antisocial personality disorders rarely exhibit symptoms before the onset of puberty.

Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful research tool, but it will never substitute for holding the book. I feel certain that at least within my lifetime, everyone will still be going to the bookstore and buying printed books. Thank God I'll die before I have to worry about whether the printed book itself will disappear. That's something I don't want to live to see.

Usually, when I want to know something, I find it in some book or other, don't you?

most of the available material on female pollution has been gathered by men from other men

The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work in a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.

Key fact: in 2003 pharmaceutical companies spent more on marketing and sales than they did on research and development. When it comes time to invest, it's pretty clear that spreading the ideas behind the medicine is more important than inventing the medicine itself.

Lab assistants do what they're told. Scientists figure out what to do next.

You may be surprised to learn that it's been estimated to cost up to $635 billion a year in the United States alone,8 a figure greater than the costs associated with conditions like heart disease and cancer.

the foremost Indian research institution under the British empire, the Indian Institute of Science, was endowed by the legendary Jamsetji Tata, not by any British philanthropist, let alone by the colonial government.

Tell me, Channon, he said suddenly, do you like teaching? Some days. But it's the research I like best. I love digging through old manuscripst and trying to piece together the past. He gave a short, half laugh. No offense, but that sound incredibly boring. I imagine dragon slaying is much more action-oriented. Yes, it is. Every moment is completely unpredictable.

In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms.

Scientists have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is life after death -- though they say it's virtually impossible to get decent Chinese food.

The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology -- the study of life. We must learn to think both logically and bio-logically.

In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life?

Studying cancer could provide huge insights for astrobiologists into the nature of life itself.

All this has been very formative in both my research and my teaching, so I value it enormously in my life. It's why I'm a strong proponent of general education -- because I saw how it opened my eyes.

NASA scientists have discovered a new form of life, unfortunately, it won't date them either.

Every day, I read about new ideas and research that could help someone I care about live a longer and healthier life.

I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.