Pyotr Kapitsa famous quotes
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The crocodile cannot turn its head. Like all science, it must always go forward with all-devouring jaws.
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To talk of atomic energy in terms of atomic bombs is like talking of electricity in terms of the electric chair.
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The year that Rutherford died (1938 [sic]) there disappeared forever the happy days of free scientific work which gave us such delight in our youth. Science has lost her freedom. Science has become a productive force. She has become rich but she has become enslaved and part of her is veiled in secrecy. I do not know whether Rutherford would continue to joke and laugh as he used to.
-- Pyotr Kapitsa
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If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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A people of scholars, if they are physically degenerate, weak-willed and cowardly pacifists, will not storm the heavens, indeed, they will not be able to safeguard their existence on this earth.
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Man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their palpitating hearts.
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Only when you have crossed the river can you say that the crocodile has a lump on his snout.
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I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.
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The crocodile must want to be a crocodile for reasons of the crocodile
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Every day, I live a lie But not the crocodile kind.
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Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.
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I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
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