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> [When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a little irritation - 'In the field of observation in science, fortune only favours the prepared mind.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/when-it-was-suggested-to-pasteur-that-many-of-his-great-achievements/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

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## More by Lewis Wolpert

> [When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/when-it-was-suggested-to-pasteur-that-many-of-his-great-achievements/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [The physics of motion provides one of the clearest examples of the counter-intuitive and unexpected nature of science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/the-physics-of-motion-provides-one-of-the-clearest-examples-of-the/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [“Mania has been described as having a mystical quality, an example of which is described by the writer Theodore Roethke. One day he felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/mania-has-been-described-as-having-a-mystical-quality-an-example-of/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/i-strongly-hold-that-if-an-idea-fits-with-common-sense-then/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/it-is-not-birth-marriage-or-death-but-gastrulation-which-is-truly-the/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [There is zero evidence for god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/there-is-zero-evidence-for-god/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [Both Newton and Darwin were driven by the data and were forced to recognize that they couldn't explain everything. It may be a characteristic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/both-newton-and-darwin-were-driven-by-the-data-and-were-forced-to/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [I would teach the world that science is the best way to understand the world and that for any set of observations, there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/i-would-teach-the-world-that-science-is-the-best-way-to-understand/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [I regard it as ethically unacceptable and impractical to censor any aspect of trying to understand the nature of our world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/i-regard-it-as-ethically-unacceptable-and-impractical-to-censor-any/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [The image of the disinterested, dispassionate scientist is no less false than that of the mad scientist who is willing to destroy the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/the-image-of-the-disinterested-dispassionate-scientist-is-no-less/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [Depression is sadness gone wrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/depression-is-sadness-gone-wrong/)

[Lewis Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-wolpert/)

> [Reliable scientific knowledge is value free and has no moral or ethical value. Science tells us how the world is. ... Dangers and ethical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-wolpert/reliable-scientific-knowledge-is-value-free-and-has-no-moral-or/)

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