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> [Should we force science down the throats of those that have no taste for it ? Is it our duty to drag them kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century ? I am afraid that it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/should-we-force-science-down-the-throats-of-those-that-have-no-taste/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

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## More by George Porter

> [Should we force science down the throats of those that have no taste for it ? Is it our duty to drag them kicking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/should-we-force-science-down-the-throats-of-those-that-have-no-taste/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

> [Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/tonight-i-should-like-to-thank-all-those-who-have-shared-my-work-and/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

> [To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/to-feed-applied-science-by-starving-basic-science-is-like-economising/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

> [Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/science-is-on-the-whole-an-informal-activity-a-life-of-shirt-sleeves/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

> [When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/when-the-honour-is-given-to-that-scientist-personally-the-happiness/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

> [I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/i-have-no-doubt-that-we-will-be-successful-in-harnessing-the-sun-s/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

> [To solve a problem is to create new problems, new knowledge immediately reveals new areas of ignorance, and the need for new experiments. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/to-solve-a-problem-is-to-create-new-problems-new-knowledge/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

> [It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-porter/it-is-not-only-my-laboratory-and-my-place-of-work-but-also-my-home-so/)

[George Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-porter/)

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