"It is the responsibility of those of us involved in today's biomedical research enterprise to translate the remarkable scientiï¬c innovations we are witnessing into health gains for the nation. At no other time has the need for a robust, bidirectional information ï¬‚ow between basic and translational scientists been so necessary."

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Source : Stephen R. Donaldson (2012). “The Illearth War”, p.141, Del Rey

Elias Zerhouni

#Responsibility Quotes #Innovation Quotes #Research Quotes

“You know what wakes me up? A tongue in the ass. There is no alarm clock on that one, you are up, you are shaking, you are in a karate stance.....the day has begun.”
“I've decided to hire a 'food taster', not because I think anyone is trying to kill me, but because I want to make sure it's not to salty.”
“The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.”

Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.
“Children, behold the Chimpanzee: He sits on the ancestral tree From which we sprang in ages gone.”
“I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.”
“I always telling people to "not try this at home," because most of what we do on MythBusters is really dangerous. Consequently, we can't encourage people to try that stuff.”

Source : Source: www.timeout.com
“Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.”
“It's important for us to become aware of the fact that we are needful, for with that awareness also comes the sensing that we couldn't be needful if there weren't something to fulfill the need.”

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