Science Quotes

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"The human body is far more plastic and adaptable than we ever imagined."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"The complexity of life is what makes biology the most exciting frontier."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"Every experiment is a conversation with nature."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"The most important experiments are often the ones that seem too simple."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"The medicalization of social deviation is a form of social control dressed in scientific language."
Stanley Cohen
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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
Fred Sanger
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"In science, we stand on the shoulders of giants."
Fred Sanger
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"The greatest discoveries often come from asking why we accept things as they are."
Herbert Boyer
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"The most important thing about science is asking the right questions, not just finding the right answers."
Jennifer Doudna
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"The belief that all genuine scientific work is somehow mechanistic is a superstition that dies hard among scientists themselves."
Kary Mullis
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"Medicine and science are not separate endeavors; they are the same pursuit of truth about how life works."
Kary Mullis
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"Science is not just about discovering facts; it's about understanding the responsibility that comes with knowledge."
Emmanuelle Charpentier
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"The nucleus of a cell contains all the information needed to create a whole organism - this is the fundamental truth of biology."
John Gurdon
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"The nucleus speaks a universal language understood by all living things."
John Gurdon
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"Life's complexity emerges from the simplicity of its fundamental rules."
John Gurdon
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"The most important discoveries are often invisible to the naked eye."
John Gurdon
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"Every organism is a laboratory where nature performs her experiments."
John Gurdon
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"The nucleus contains instructions written in a language older than words."
John Gurdon
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"The scientific method is our best tool for listening to nature's secrets."
John Gurdon
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"The cell teaches that organization emerges naturally from simple rules."
John Gurdon
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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
Fred Sanger
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"Research is the act of going up alleys to see if they are blind."
Fred Sanger
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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
Fred Sanger
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"The greatest discoveries come from asking questions."
Fred Sanger
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"Science without social responsibility is merely technical advancement."
Stanley Cohen
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"Scientific discovery is not about being the first; it's about asking the right questions that others haven't dared to ask yet."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"I discovered that the most profound scientific insights come wrapped in humility."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"The greatest discoveries often come from asking simple questions."
Kary Mullis
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"Science is the pursuit of truth through observation and experimentation."
Kary Mullis
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"CRISPR is a tool that allows us to read and write the code of life itself."
Jennifer Doudna