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title: "1 Happy Scientist Quotes By Irving Langmuir"
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> [Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/happy-indeed-is-the-scientist-who-not-only-has-the-pleasures-which-i/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

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## More by Irving Langmuir

> [Many of the things that have happened in the laboratory have happened in ways it would have been impossible to foresee, but not impossible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/many-of-the-things-that-have-happened-in-the-laboratory-have-happened/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/science-almost-from-its-beginnings-has-been-truly-international-in/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/only-a-small-part-of-scientific-progress-has-resulted-from-planned/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/the-scientist-is-motivated-primarily-by-curiosity-and-a-desire-for/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/this-coupling-together-of-science-with-international-peace-is-i-think/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/happy-indeed-is-the-scientist-who-not-only-has-the-pleasures-which-i/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/to-my-mind-the-most-important-aspect-of-the-nobel-awards-is-that-they/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [Train yourselves. Don't wait to be fed knowledge out of a book. Get out and seek it. Make explorations. Do your own research work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/train-yourselves-don-t-wait-to-be-fed-knowledge-out-of-a-book-get-out/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [Medicine also disregards national boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/medicine-also-disregards-national-boundaries/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/history-proves-abundantly-that-pure-science-undertaken-without-regard/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [ \[There\] are cases where there is no dishonesty involved but where people are tricked into false results by a lack of understanding about what… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/there-are-cases-where-there-is-no-dishonesty-involved-but-where/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [A chemist who does not know mathematics is seriously handicapped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/a-chemist-who-does-not-know-mathematics-is-seriously-handicapped/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/and-literature-frequently-rises-to-heights-that-make-it-international/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

> [\[In the case of research director, Willis R. Whitney, whose style was to give talented investigators as much freedom as possible, you may define…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/in-the-case-of-research-director-willis-r-whitney-whose-style-was-to/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

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