The Kappamaki, a whaling research ship, was currently researching the question: How many whales can you catch in one week? — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The greatest discoveries in life are what is learned from the mistakes we make — Lloyd Sarte Copy Share Image
On examinations: Das Wissen ist der Tad der Forschung. Knowledge is the death of research. Nernst's motto. — Walther Nernst Copy Share Image
“Intellectual death is endemic in areas where people are not prepared to gain new information for development. Learning is the intervention!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Doubt serves as a stimulus to the understanding for the investigation of truth.” — Mary of Agreda Copy Share Image
“The only certain way to forge new understanding it to carry out investigations for oneself.” — Jane Borodale Copy Share Image
Maybe the most interesting find in my research is that it is clear that Ronald Reagan, among all modern presidents, plainly rediscovered… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
I always like when things are loosely based on real events. That always makes it more interesting because there's a lot of… — Katia Winter Copy Share Image
I always begin with a source of inspiration that comes from nature. The story comes from my research, volunteering, and meeting the… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand… — Lucia Puenzo Copy Share Image
Much of the research on the Nazi era makes a science out of distancing oneself from it or conjuring its demons. The… — Gotz Aly Copy Share Image
“For me the most valuable part of this kind of research, however, is just hanging out with the men and women on… — Tami Hoag Copy Share Image
I have always been interested in the architecture of war, as can be seen in Bunker Archeology. However, at the time that… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
It's not just a matter of poor willpower on the part of the consumer and a give-the-people-what-they-want attitude on the part of… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
If I had gone to a big company, it would have been very difficult for me to do research freely. At a… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
Before you go alter body, do some research and find out how many women have major life-threatening complications from nose jobs. Ask… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Only recently serious research into the relationship between photography and art has taken place. Why has it been so long in coming… — Aaron Scharf Copy Share Image
Everybody has opinions: I have them, you have them. And we are all told from the moment we open our eyes, that… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“What a wonderful stimulant it would be for the beginner if his instructor, instead of amazing and dismaying him with the sublimity… — Santiago Ramón y Cajal Copy Share Image
The science and technology which have advanced man safely into space have brought about startling medical advances for man on earth. Out… — Hubertus Strughold Copy Share Image
Years of research show us that the less control a person feels over an aversive stimuli coming at them, the more likely… — John Medina Copy Share Image
The benefits of becoming fluent in a foreign tongue are as underestimated as the difficulty is overestimated. Thousands of theoretical linguists will… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
I played Lucifer once, which is sort of a difficult character to research. I thought to myself, "We all have the potential… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
... All that we may ever hope to establish in historical research are facts and conditions but never causes. — Otto E. Neugebauer Copy Share Image
Universities which deliver high quality research and innovation will be an essential part of that future. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky… — Sandra Lerner Copy Share Image
The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry. — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
“The human mind wants to know more than it should, but it should not be told, personal discovery is the best and… — Joao Matos Copy Share Image
My challenge as university minister is about getting right balance of teaching and research. — David Willetts Copy Share Image
No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics. — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
“The ideal way to start interesting research, at least in my view, is to depart from a problem or question to which… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
There is not a discovery in science, however revolutionary, however sparkling with insight, that does not arise out of what went before. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Absolutely everything I've done - my research, my training, my book - was made possible due to Harvard opening doors and providing… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
One of my Secrets of Adulthood is: Most decisions don't require extensive research. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image