Hugh Gaitskell famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we were, then we couldn't do better than the Natural History Museum, although it wouldn't contain a single human. The systematic Linnean order, the vast inquisitiveness and range of collated knowledge and beauty would tell all that is the best of us.
Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.
Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb.
Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror
After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.
I really do enjoy making movies and I try to test myself on occasion with some different stuff.
I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.
Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.

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