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title: "24 Doing Science Quotes by 24 authors"
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> [“We stand at the onset of a great age of adventure—and always shall, so long as we keep doing science.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferris/we-stand-at-the-onset-of-a-great-age-of-adventure-and-always-shall-so/)

[Timothy Ferris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferris/)

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> [“We are all Rumsfeldian, if we are doing science right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rutherford/we-are-all-rumsfeldian-if-we-are-doing-science-right/)

[Adam Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rutherford/)

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> [I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/i-ve-tried-to-be-a-straight-scientist-doing-the-science-and-reporting/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

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> [I'm happy to keep doing science and being a mentor to anyone who asks for advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-dresselhaus/i-m-happy-to-keep-doing-science-and-being-a-mentor-to-anyone-who-asks/)

[Mildred Dresselhaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mildred-dresselhaus/)

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> [The art of doing science is doing the important things first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-art-of-doing-science-is-doing-the-important-things-first/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

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> [One of the things I like about doing science, the thing that is the most fun, is coming up with something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fischer-black/one-of-the-things-i-like-about-doing-science-the-thing-that-is-the/)

[Fischer Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fischer-black/)

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> [There are checks and balances in science. There's somebody checking the people doing the science, and then there's somebody who checks the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shermer/there-are-checks-and-balances-in-science-there-s-somebody-checking/)

[Michael Shermer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shermer/)

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> [Women study things in order to figure out how they're connected to other things. I don't know if it's controversial to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/women-study-things-in-order-to-figure-out-how-they-re-connected-to/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

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> [Just as you can't become a marathon runner by watching marathons on TV, likewise for science, you have to go through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mazur/just-as-you-can-t-become-a-marathon-runner-by-watching-marathons-on/)

[Eric Mazur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mazur/)

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> [The reason I spend so much of my time doing science is that the whole point of science is to help people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-ornish/the-reason-i-spend-so-much-of-my-time-doing-science-is-that-the-whole/)

[Dean Ornish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-ornish/)

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> [We who cherish science should be careful to distinguish when we are doing science and when we are extrapolating from it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/we-who-cherish-science-should-be-careful-to-distinguish-when-we-are/)

[Michael Ruse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ruse/)

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> [Science is taught like the history of science, and it's boring. Doing science fair, anything that's project-based learning, that involves field trips,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-smith/science-is-taught-like-the-history-of-science-and-it-s-boring-doing/)

[Megan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-smith/)

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> [Even when I wasn't doing much 'science for the public' stuff, I found that four or five hours of intense work in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-greene/even-when-i-wasn-t-doing-much-science-for-the-public-stuff-i-found/)

[Brian Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-greene/)

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> [I wanted to be a scientist. My undergraduate degree is in biology, and I really did think I might go off and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-barrett/i-wanted-to-be-a-scientist-my-undergraduate-degree-is-in-biology-and/)

[Andrea Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-barrett/)

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> [But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-leonard-schawlow/but-the-context-of-religion-is-a-great-background-for-doing-science/)

[Arthur Leonard Schawlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-leonard-schawlow/)

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> [Since I'm doing so much science, I think the reason these ideas have occurred to me and not to other people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-soldier/since-i-m-doing-so-much-science-i-think-the-reason-these-ideas-have/)

[Dave Soldier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-soldier/)

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> [I started doing science when I was effectively 20, a graduate student of Salvador Luria at Indiana University. And that was -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/i-started-doing-science-when-i-was-effectively-20-a-graduate-student/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

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> [The scientist-community guy may get a $500,000 grant, and if his equipment works or doesn't work, he still gets a gold star…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-balog/the-scientist-community-guy-may-get-a-500-000-grant-and-if-his/)

[James Balog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-balog/)

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> [One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/one-of-the-reasons-for-its-success-is-that-science-has-a-built-in/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science; if we show it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/if-we-trace-out-what-we-behold-and-experience-through-the-language-of/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [Doing science at the highest level is hard for anyone. It's hard for women, and it's hard for the men. And we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-arnold/doing-science-at-the-highest-level-is-hard-for-anyone-it-s-hard-for/)

[Frances Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-arnold/)

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> [I suppose the thing I'm quite pleased about is that I am, I would hope, a role model for girls and younger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-suppose-the-thing-i-m-quite-pleased-about-is-that-i-am-i-would-hope/)

[Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/)

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> [What is it precisely, that they are doing when they are doing science. Are they refining their instruments for observation or discovering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-goldstein/what-is-it-precisely-that-they-are-doing-when-they-are-doing-science/)

[Rebecca Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-goldstein/)

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> [We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-randall/we-have-this-very-clean-picture-of-science-you-know-these-well/)

[Lisa Randall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-randall/)

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