612 Quotes About Research

Research is an endless loop of failures interspersed with occasional profound discoveries.

If I have seen further than those before me, it is because I did not engage in the frauds.

I will use science to shut down the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.

Studiando, noi diventiamo tutti filosofi; dovrete dunque avvezzarvi, ogni volta che un risultato vi sorprende, specialmente quando questo risultato vi par nuovo, dovrete avvezzarvi, dico, a chiedere a voi stessi o ad altri: «Quale è la causa di ciò? Perché le cose succedono a questo modo?» E presto o tardi finirete sempre col trovare la risposta.

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

I venture into research areas that corporate controlled scientists are forbidden from.

I swear to Vishnu, if this doesn’t work, I’m going to stab you in the throat with a Pipette.

Intellectual death is endemic in areas where people are not prepared to gain new information for development. Learning is the intervention!

Research today has become more about seeing if something can be done versus judging if it should. It's knowledge for the sake of knowledge, regardless of the impact on the world.