"The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile."

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Source : Hans Selye (1979). “The Stress of My Life: A Scientist's Memoirs”, New York ; Toronto ; Van Nostrand Reinhold

Hans Selye

#Elements Quotes #Research Quotes #Chance Quotes

“If weâ€™re going to have arguments, letâ€™s have argumentsâ€Šâ€”â€Šbut letâ€™s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.”
“Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old - I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. March 3, 2003.
“Men always say there is no female Shakespeare.' 'Humph! You study the fellows who say that, and you'll see they are a long way from being Shakespeares themselves. Why shouldn't women have the same privilege?”
“The type of UFO reports that are most intriguing are close-range sightings of machinelike objects of unconventional nature and unconventional performance characteristics, seen at low altitudes, and sometimes even on the ground. The general public is entirely unaware of the large number of such reports that are coming from credible witnesses... When one starts searching for such cases, their number are quite astonishing.”
“Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me." "Do you mean you want a secretary or something?" "No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.”
“Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.”
“Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.”
“Success is assured when a person fears the pain of regret more than the pain of the process.”

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