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> [The Glassco Commission was really not interested in good science. It was interested in good accounting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/the-glassco-commission-was-really-not-interested-in-good-science-it/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

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> [There is nothing wrong with good accounting, except that it does not necessarily lead to good science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-good-accounting-except-that-it-does-not/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

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## Other authors on Accounting

## More by Gerhard Herzberg

> [The citation for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry reads, 'for contribution to the knowledge of electronic structures and geometry of molecules, especially free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/the-citation-for-the-1971-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-reads-for/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [I was brought up as a physicist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/i-was-brought-up-as-a-physicist/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [The visible and near-ultraviolet emission spectrum of the CH radical has been known ever since spectra of an ordinary Bunsen burner have been taken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/the-visible-and-near-ultraviolet-emission-spectrum-of-the-ch-radical/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [The CH radical is a very reactive radical which, under most conditions, has a very short lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/the-ch-radical-is-a-very-reactive-radical-which-under-most-conditions/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [The Glassco Commission was really not interested in good science. It was interested in good accounting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/the-glassco-commission-was-really-not-interested-in-good-science-it/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [Interest in the pseudo-sciences has become extraordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/interest-in-the-pseudo-sciences-has-become-extraordinary/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [Dealing with the health of people is more important than political considerations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/dealing-with-the-health-of-people-is-more-important-than-political/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [Every newspaper feels it must have an astrology column, and even in the Carleton University bookstore this morning, I found books on astrology for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/every-newspaper-feels-it-must-have-an-astrology-column-and-even-in/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [For polyatomic free radicals and ions, one is dependent both for the ground states and the excited states on the study of electronic spectra…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/for-polyatomic-free-radicals-and-ions-one-is-dependent-both-for-the/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [Pursue science because it is knowledge, because it broadens our horizons. There is so much more to be discovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/pursue-science-because-it-is-knowledge-because-it-broadens-our/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [If you start from nothing, it is very difficult to get anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/if-you-start-from-nothing-it-is-very-difficult-to-get-anywhere/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [It is very difficult to find appropriate words to say 'thank you' for an honour like the Nobel Prize. It is the supreme honour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/it-is-very-difficult-to-find-appropriate-words-to-say-thank-you-for/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [Many science people feel groups like WHO are there to do a job and not to be dealt with in a political way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/many-science-people-feel-groups-like-who-are-there-to-do-a-job-and/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

> [There is nothing wrong with good accounting, except that it does not necessarily lead to good science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-herzberg/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-good-accounting-except-that-it-does-not/)

[Gerhard Herzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-herzberg/)

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