Quotes About Research

I looked into the literature on this," said Nightingale, "and it wasn't very helpful." "There's a literature about this?" "You'd be amazed, Constable, about what there's a literature on.

studying dead languages and

Lolling around libraries paging through books that haven't been checked out since 1975 is one of my principal joys as a writer.

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Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine.

Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.

I arrived in Washington as a quiet, reserved professor—with a research background that proved to be quite useful in the financial crisis.

If not interest rates or monetary policy, then what? Most research on the origins of the bubble has focused on three factors: mass psychology; financial innovations that reduced the incentive for careful lending;

My work with him was the basis of my senior thesis,

It was getting the results that made science worth doing; the accolades were a thin, secondary pleasure.

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.

frequently associated with bipolar disorder than with schizophrenia

A small number of persons with idiopathic Parkinson's disease respond to long-term use of zolpidem with reduced bradykinesia and rigidity. Zolpidem dosages of 10 mg four times daily may be tolerated without sedation for several years.

Not long ago scientists figured out a way to create mathematical constructs of patients' hearts.

But the financial industry is supremely pragmatic. While it may genuflect to the old icons, it invests its research dollars in the search for newer, better gods.

I watched war films so that I have an understanding of what has already been done and what I could do in 'Paltan.' I watched films like 'Atonement,' 'Schindler's List,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'The Reader,' 'Downfall,' 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Katyn,' 'Enemy at the Gates' and many more. I hope it all reflects in my performance in the film.

Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything.

I, for one, refuse to box without headgear as an amateur. With the rising awareness of concussions and head injury, it is becoming more evident that we need to protect our brains as much as possible. There hasn't been enough research to conclude that it is safer to box without the use of headgear.

I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology.

If you know anything about writing biographies, or what is regarded as a good biography, you have minimum input from the person you are writing about.

While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research demonstrates that young people in general, regardless of their background, experience profound benefits from attending integrated schools.

Our research is so complex that the resources of a single region of the world are no longer enough - both intellectually and economically, it must be a global effort.

It appears that the human genome does indeed contain deserts, or large, gene-poor regions.