"I think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions."

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Source : "Funding above and beyond scientific research". Interview with Holger Breithaupt, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. September 15, 2001.

Thomas Cech

#Thinking Quotes #Leader Quotes #Research Quotes

“Life isn't perfect. It's not supposed to be. We all make mistakes. You bash your head against the wall and you get hurt, but you walk away and make the best of it. And that's what makes it life, Brenna, not perfection. You'll never find happiness if you only expect to find a perfect life. Happiness is something we reach for while we try to learn from our disappointments.”

Source : Karen White (2007). “Learning to Breathe”, p.255, Penguin
“Does anything really matter? We all end up in the same place. All that's left is our Wikipedia entry.”
“The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement. Awe is what moves us forward.”
“There is no rewind button for life.”

Source : Nam June Paik, Hong-hŭi Kim (2007). “Nam June Paik and Korea, from fantasy to hyperreality”
“I'm not saying that I made a film to make young people feel great, not such a simple message, but I really felt that I will not go back to do something depressing. I had to make something happy and funny, and show that there are always many ways to continue - even when you're feeling ugly, or you are forgotten by your parents.”
“Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.”
“I would think Trump would feel free to bomb Syria any time he wanted. Nobody clearly seems to care very much about if we bomb Syria. Whether or not we have authority, it's just not of interest to most people.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence.”

Source : New York Times Book Review, February 14, 1993.

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