History Quotes
Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.
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"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it."Herbert Boyer
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."Herbert Boyer
"History repeats itself to those who don't pay attention."Kary Mullis
"The history of biology is written by those who questioned what seemed settled."John Gurdon
"We are all descended from the first cell that learned to divide."John Gurdon
"Historical shifts in moral panics reveal changing social values and anxieties."Stanley Cohen
"Historical analysis shows that today's deviants are tomorrow's conformists."Stanley Cohen
"History teaches us to learn from the past."Fred Sanger
"History repeats itself to those who don't listen."Fred Sanger
"We are all products of millions of years of successful experiments."Herbert Boyer
"The history of science is the history of overturning conventional wisdom."Kary Mullis
"We are all products of billions of years of genetic editing by evolution."Emmanuelle Charpentier
"The history of biology teaches us that the impossible often becomes routine."John Gurdon
"The nucleus contains not just information but the memory of all life."John Gurdon
"History repeats itself because we fail to learn from it."Fred Sanger
"History teaches us what not to repeat."Fred Sanger
"Understanding our past is the only way to navigate our future."Stanley Cohen
"Every rule exists because someone, at some point, violated it."Stanley Cohen
"History will remember not the Nobel Prize, but whether the research ultimately helped humanity."Shinya Yamanaka
"Historical perspective teaches us that what seems revolutionary today becomes conventional tomorrow."Shinya Yamanaka
"History repeats itself because we don't listen the first time."Kary Mullis
"The genome tells the story of human evolution and human potential."Jennifer Doudna
"Every discovery is built on the shoulders of previous discoveries."Emmanuelle Charpentier
"Every organism contains a story millions of years in the making."Emmanuelle Charpentier
"History teaches us lessons if we are willing to listen."John Kendrew
"Folk devils emerge when society needs to identify threats to its moral order."Stanley Cohen
"Deviance amplification occurs when the response to crime creates more crime."Stanley Cohen
"The history of science is a story of incremental steps toward greater understanding."Fred Sanger
"History records not the quick victories, but the sustained efforts toward truth."Fred Sanger
"The history of science shows us that today's impossibilities become tomorrow's routine applications."Jennifer Doudna