Arthur Leonard Schawlow famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what the answer is
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It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers are religious. . . . I find a need for God in the universe and in my own life.
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But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork'. Thus scientific research is a worshipful act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation.
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To do suc cessful research, you don't need to know everything, you just, need to know one thing that isn't known.
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Anything will lase if you hit it hard enough.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.
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Dead is when the chemists take over the subject.
-- Arthur Leonard Schawlow
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense of satisfaction and well-being. Winning is not everything; but it is something powerful, indeed beautiful, in itself, something as necessary to the strong spirit as striving is necessary to the healthy character.
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I wanna be the best at what I do. I wanna sing, I wanna dance, I wanna act. That's about it.
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Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.
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The hardest part about being an entrepreneur is that you'll fail ten times for every success.
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The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation.
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The simplest answer is to act.
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Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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If the patient has been to more than four physicians, nutrition is probably the medical answer.
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