You look at things that are and ask why. I dream things that... - Ernest Rutherford

This quote is attributed to Ernest Rutherford.

"You look at things that are and ask why. I dream things that never were and ask why not."

Ernest Rutherford Imagination

Nuclear Physicist New Zealand-British 1871–1937

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"If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to do a better experiment."

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