The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.

Quote by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for...

This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for...

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of...

This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of...

The source of this energy is the sun's radiation.

The source of this energy is the sun's radiation.

The foodstuff, carbohydrate, is essentially a packet of hydrogen, a hydrogen supplier, a hydrogen donor,...

The foodstuff, carbohydrate, is essentially a packet of hydrogen, a hydrogen supplier, a hydrogen donor,...

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged,...

So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged,...

A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the...

A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the...

Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines...

Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines...

Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.

Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned...

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned...

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else...

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of...

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of...