The first requirement in using statistics is that the facts treated shall be reduced to comparable units.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.

The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.

Art is 'I'; science is 'we'.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.

I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by what we are, opposed to what we want.

Create a character with an obsession, then follow.

Nothing matches a Sailor's kiss coming back home where he belongs

To burn always with this hard gemlike flame. To maintain this ecstasy is success in life.

I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they belong in any number of situations.

I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me.

Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.

There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.

The Conservative Party has one overriding concern in foreign policy, and that is the growth of Communist power and influence in the world, and the dangers it can bring for all of us.

Hairdressers are professional gossips; when only the hands are busy, the tongue is seldom still.