Quotes About Discovery

A 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.

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for mankind.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

I am one of those who think, like Nobel , that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.

All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me...

Nada en este mundo debe ser temido...solo entendido. Ahora es el momento de comprender más, para que podamos temer menos.

Hunting God is a great adventure.

Remember—humans once believed the world was flat, that margarine was better than butter, and that an ice-pick lobotomy cured mental illness. Aren't you glad those days are over?

Envy is often a clue that there is something latent in you that needs to be expressed.

I had no idea how to find work I'd love doing. Even the idea of trying felt wildly irresponsible.

This isn't always possible, but train yourself to move toward discomfort. Put yourself in situations that feel scary and intimidating—that's where the figureoutable magic is!

If I didn't believe the answer could be found, I wouldn't be working on it. Dr. Florence Sabin

the bridge appears when you walk across it—that

I've been searching a long time for something I think I lost. I felt like I found something when I saw you back there.

Great results begin with great questions.

imagine that it were given back to me to be the child who knew departure would be sweet, the boy who drew square-rigged ships, the girl who knew truck routes from ottawa to mexico, the me who found a door in latin verse and made a map out of hexameters.

Bibliomancy: "Divination by jolly well Looking It Up.

What was archaeology to him? It was the opposite of killing things. It was trying to will life back into stuff that had been forgotten and buried for thousands or millions of years. It was not about shards and pieces of bone or treasure; it was about kneeling down in the elements, paying very close attention, and trying to locate a spark of the human life that had once touched that spot there.

Someday, I will stop being surprised at all the things librarians read; they'll read anything.)

Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won't be afraid of it anymore.

The box isn't all that different from life. If you go in with fear, fear is what you'll find.

The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found.

I faced a fear and on the other side I found passion. Don't let fear hold you back, you never know what you might find.