--- title: "1 Improbability Quotes By Joseph Murray" description: "1 Improbability quotes by Joseph Murray. Plus more from Joseph Murray and more Improbability sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/joseph-murray-24248_complexes_it-is-probably-no-exaggeration-to-suppos_1358725.png" --- > [It is probably no exaggeration to suppose that in order to improve such an organ as the eye at all, it must be improved in ten different ways at once. And the improbability of any complex organ being produced and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/it-is-probably-no-exaggeration-to-suppose-that-in-order-to-improve/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/joseph-murray-24248_complexes_it-is-probably-no-exaggeration-to-suppos_1358725.png) ## Other authors on Improbability ## More by Joseph Murray > [Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful. But it isn't a given, and even if it were, I don't think the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/stem-cells-are-probably-going-to-be-extremely-useful-but-it-isn-t-a/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/stem-cells-are-probably-going-to-be-extremely-useful/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [If you're going to worry about what people say, you're never going to make any progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/if-you-re-going-to-worry-about-what-people-say-you-re-never-going-to/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [Animal experimentation has been essential to the development of all cardiac surgery, transplantation surgery, joint replacements and all vaccinations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/animal-experimentation-has-been-essential-to-the-development-of-all/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [To the patient, any operation is momentous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/to-the-patient-any-operation-is-momentous/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status. This spectacular success was a clear demonstration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/post-operatively-the-transplanted-kidney-functioned-immediately-with/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [It is probably no exaggeration to suppose that in order to improve such an organ as the eye at all, it must be improved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/it-is-probably-no-exaggeration-to-suppose-that-in-order-to-improve/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me - any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/blanket-objection-is-not-very-reasonable-to-me-any-effort-to-control/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [The slow rejection of the foreign skin grafts fascinated me. How could the host distinguish another person's skin from his own?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/the-slow-rejection-of-the-foreign-skin-grafts-fascinated-me-how-could/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one lifetime each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/my-only-wish-would-be-to-have-10-more-lives-to-live-on-this-planet-if/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [Is the Church inimical to science? Growing up as a Catholic and a scientist - I don't see it. One truth is revealed truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/is-the-church-inimical-to-science-growing-up-as-a-catholic-and-a/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [Service to society is the rent we pay for living on this planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/service-to-society-is-the-rent-we-pay-for-living-on-this-planet/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [And I start off every morning dedicating it to our Creator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/and-i-start-off-every-morning-dedicating-it-to-our-creator/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [One of my surgical giant friends had in his operating room a sign "If the operation is difficult, you aren't doing it right." What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/one-of-my-surgical-giant-friends-had-in-his-operating-room-a-sign-if/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) > [I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements. The order in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-murray/i-still-have-a-vivid-memory-of-my-excitement-when-i-first-saw-a-chart/) [Joseph Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-murray/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/improbability/joseph-murray/#itemlist", "name": "1 Improbability Quotes By Joseph Murray", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is probably no exaggeration to suppose that in order to improve such an organ as the eye at all, it must be improved in ten different ways at once. 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