"History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind."

-- Irving Langmuir

#Needs Quotes #Benefits Quotes #Mankind Quotes

“I am a very selfish person.”
“All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.”
“The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve. We should be grateful for it and hope that it will remain valid in future research and that it will extend, for better or for worse, to our pleasure, even though perhaps also to our bafflement, to wide branches of learning.”
“All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Iran's experience shows that when religious scholars and UNFPA work together to solve reproductive health issues, there can be excellent results.”
“Too strong for that Bron Bron.”
“And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.”
“Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors and readers don't know what they want to read until they read it. Besides, they're always looking for something new.”

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