Likable Quotes.. Nobel Laureates, Scientists, et al..
A few quotes that I came across in recent months.. Some of them from Nobel Prize Forum that I absolutely love to catch up.. Some from Random corridors and TV shows.. The timeless messages of wisdom as seen and felt by the great minds. I was spellbound and dazzled by each of these and the manner it was introduced..
“Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house” Henri Poincaré 1854 — 1912. French mathematician and philosopher of science
“A Blind Man in a Dark Room Looking for a Black Cat That Is Not There” Not blinded by distractions.. Looking for the unseen..
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?”- Steve Jobs
“Stay Hungry Stay Foolish”- Steve Jobs
“Luck favours a prepared mind”-Louis Pasteur
“Study hard what interests you the most in the most irreverent and original manner possible” -Richard Feynman
“I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe” — Richard Feynman
“What I cannot create I do not understand” -On Richard Feynman’s last blackboard
“For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” -Carl Sagan
“Only a few know, how much one must know to know how little one knows” — Werner Heisenberg
“Absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence” — Carl Sagan
How do you define creativity? “Intensely curious.. Urge to solve the problem.. Ability to combine knowledge from multiple fields not necessarily linked.” Tonegawa, 1987 generation of antibody diversity.
Innate curiosity to uncover things.. creativity, and being self contained.. Chemistry laureate Moungi Bawendi, 2023, Quantum Dots
“If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.” -John Steinbeck
“You’re not too old. You make discoveries when you’re learning.” -Ivar Giaever
“As a human being, one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists” -Albert Einstein ”
“I don’t believe that there would be any science at all without intuition.” Rita Levi-Montalcini, 1986, nervous system
“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times…
In life after life, in age after age, forever.
My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs..” -Tagore, Unending Love“When I draw a molecule in China or in Argentina, it is the same molecule. People understand immediately without knowing Spanish or Chinese. That is beautiful. Our common goal is not about power or borders of the country, it is about bringing forward human knowledge.” — Ben Feringa, awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Now and then in life, love catches you unawares, illuminating the dark corners of your mind, and filling them with radiance.” -Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife
