Quotes
Authors
Derek Barton

"I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science."

Source : "Some Reflections on the Present Status of Organic Chemistry, in Science and Human Progress". Addresses at the Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Mellon Institute, 1963.

Derek Barton

#Appreciation Quotes #Real Quotes #Believe Quotes

“My name's been on this check for a week now.”
“Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.”
“Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.”
“Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.”

Source : 1986 Speech, 5 Feb.
“It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar.”
“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.”
“When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart...”
“Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.”

"I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science."

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