In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons. Marie Curie interestpersonscience Change image and share on social
Technology is incredibly powerful. And in many ways, the sky is the limit in terms of what you can actually accomplish with the right science and the right technology. But to get there, you have to actually invest in R&D. And often that means you have to be willing to spend an awful lot in that R&D phase before you see the benefits. Ramez Naam accomplishawfulbenefit share on social
I think the novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. The novel receives streams of science, philosophy, poetry and contains all of these; it's not simply telling a story. Jose Saramago fillgenreliterary share on social
Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. John Calvin christheavenlyknowledge Change image and share on social
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. Bruce Feirstein distancegeniusinsanity Change image and share on social
I was obsessed with movies when I was younger. During the summer, I would go by myself to a theater down the street from my house. I saw every comedy or science fiction movie that came out. My kids love going to the movies, but 3D scares them. Allen Covert comedyfictionhouse share on social
Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question 'How?' but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question 'Why?' Erwin Chargaff answerconfuseequip Change image and share on social
'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary. Jack Horner accuratedocumentaryjurassic Change image and share on social
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. Rene Descartes problemruleserve Change image and share on social
I've made money by just trying to do world-class science. That's the goal that we're setting at Celera. If we do world-class science and create new medicine paradigms, the money will more than follow at a corporate level and at a personal level. Craig Venter celeraclasscorporate share on social