"Scientific progress on a broad front results from the free play of free intellects, working on subjects of their own choice, in the manner dictated by their curiosity for exploration of the unknown."

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Source : United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development, Vannevar Bush (1945). “Science, the endless frontier: A report to the President”, p.7

Vannevar Bush

#Play Quotes #Choices Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.”
“Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war.”
“(After the losses) I decided I had to break through. I had to set a goal. My goal that I set was to never be pinned.”
“Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.”
“There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.”
“He had to fight. That's all he had. Not memories, not experiences, not skills. He had a will. And his will was to fight until he couldn't fight anymore.”
“All you can do everyday, is do what you believe is right. That's what I do, and what will be, will be.”
“When you think you're seeing something, what you need to find out is, 'Is that true?”

Source : "Q&A with MLB Network’s Brian Kenny". Interview with Chad Finn, www.boston.com. December 12, 2011.

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