Quotes About Research

I love being able to learn whatever I want and earn a living at it. Research is fun; writing is hard work.

I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it.

Every time I went to the library, it felt like a treasure hunt: somewhere amid those dusty books was the answer, and all I had to do was find it.

Another study of adults found the same thing: the more people used Facebook, the lower their mental health and life satisfaction at the next assessment.

Hanging out is good historical methodology.

staying safely in the ivory tower is much more comfortable for academics,

The academic community is an attractive working environment,

original topics of research that those who stay cloistered in their ivory towers could never imagine.

You should see the way this college is studying!

In the discourse of today's financial backers of research, the only credible goal is power. Scientists, technicians, and instruments are purchased not to find truth, but to augment power.

I travel, a lot, to research the locales for the books. I have professional contacts that I can ask questions of, or show them scenes to vet. You meet a lot of interesting people this way, and as long as you've done your prep work so you're not wasting your time, the experts are usually really happy to help.

Despite popular assertions to the contrary, science tells us that money can buy happiness. To a point.

I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.

You can't simulate a brain without first understanding what it does.

Now, if you don't mind, we're going to get some hair samples, tissue samples, saliva samples, fingernail samples, urine samples, and stool samples." "Would you like a booger, too?" "Actually, yes, let's get a mucus sample while we're at it.

It was becoming increasingly important for these young missionaries to know every available fact about the Aucas. They read the reports of the Shell Oil Company and talked to anyone who had ever had any contact with the Aucas.

She wanted to understand the world, and she made a habit of chasing down information to its last hiding place, as though the fate of nations were at stake in every instance.

To my sister's eyes, there is nothing which cannot be explained if one has access to a proper reference library.

no hay nada que no tenga explicación si uno tiene acceso a una biblioteca con buenos libros de referencia.

Scholarship must go on. For good or for evil, but inevitably, in every field.

truthfully, this is the fabric of all my fantasies: love shown not by a kiss or a wild look or a careful hand but by a willingness for research. i don't dream of someone who understands me immediately, who seems to have known me my entire life, who says, i know me too. i want someone keen to learn my own strange organization, amazed at what's revealed; someone who asks, and then what, and then what?

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What kind of people are we? What are our shared values? Many congressional Republicans think it's fine to give billions of dollars in tax breaks to giant oil companies and corporations that park their money overseas, even as medical research budgets are hit by another round of cuts and care centers have long waiting lists. But those spending choices don't reflect the values of the American people.

I'm here to ask you to fight for more funding for research on Alzheimer's. Please. I'm going to forget, so I need you to remember.