Famous Quotes & Sayings

Whenever the occasion arose, he rose to the occasion.

Yep, I'll stay a Brisbane Lion, you've heard it first.

George Porter

We are rewarded for work the very essence of which is that we were so impatient that we spent only a millionth of a second over an experiment.

The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.

I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology.

The parish of Selborne, by taking in so much of the forest, is a vast district.

I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand.

The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds.

The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan.

So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition.

My favourite quality workout is 6 X 5 minutes with 1 minute rest between each.

Frederick Sanger

From 1944 to 1951 I held a Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research, and since 1951 I have been on the staff of the Medical Research Council.

John Pople

I found a discarded textbook on calculus in a wastebasket and read it from cover to cover.

Edward Burnett Tylor

Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous.

Thomas Sydenham

I watched what method Nature might take, with intention of subduing the symptom by treading in her footsteps.

Thomas Sydenham

For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple.

George Porter

It is a joyous occasion for a scientist when the subject which interests him most is recognised by the highest honour that the world can bestow.

George Porter

We three chemists here are the most fortunate of Nobel Laureates, many of whom are rewarded after years of patient and painstaking work.

I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.

What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That product had a ten year life cycle, which has never been done in this industry.

Fred Hoyle

There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.

Jacob Bronowski

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

Jacob Bronowski

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

Stephen Wolfram

There are a few very small incompatible changes - I really doubt most people will ever run into them.

Edward Burnett Tylor

The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.

We will migrate as technology migrates, and more often than not, we're the ones leading the technology drive. This product is here to stay.

We have been in Victoria for 3 years now after moving here from Vancouver. Victoria is a great place to live and we plan on staying especially as the kids are now in school.

Frederick Sanger

It was Neuberger who first taught me how to do research, both technically and as a way of life, and I owe much to him.

Martin Fleischmann

Stan and I funded the first phase of the work ourselves. It was secret.

Howard Carter

Commenced operations in the Valley of the Kings.

Howard Carter

Here before us was sufficient evidence to show that it really was an entrance to a tomb, and by the seals, to all outward appearances that it was intact.

Howard Carter

All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.

The year goes wrong, and tares grow strong, Hope starves without a crumb; But God's time is our harvest time, And that is sure to come.