“Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.”
— Richard Feynman
Category: Quote
Solar Energy Quote
“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”
—Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford (1931)
Calvin Quote
“That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.”
— Calvin (and Hobbes)
Not Broken Quote
“If it isn’t broken, let’s take it apart and see why not.”
— Unknown
Not Impossible Quote
“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.”
— Robert H. Goddard, physicist and inventor
Technology Quote
“Technology has the shelf life of a banana.”
— Scott McNealy, Co-founder of Sun Microsystems
Curiosity Quote
“Ignorance killed the cat. Curiosity was framed.”
— C.J. Cherryh, Author
Research Quote
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”
— Wernher Von Braun, Rocket Engineer
Invention Quote
“The best way to predict the future, is to invent it.”
— PARC Team, 1974
Breast Cancer Quote
“There are over 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States at this time.”
— American Cancer Society
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