"A discovery must be, by definition, at variance……" — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
"A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected offhand by the popes of the field. Had I predicted these discoveries in my applications, and had those authorities been my judges, it is evident what their decisions would have been."
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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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46 Quotes by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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I always tried to live up to Leo Szilard's commandment, "don't lie if you don't have to." I had to.…
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A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.
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I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was…
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If I go out into nature, into the unknown, to the fringes of knowledge, everything seems mixed up and contradictory,…
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It is impossible to encircle the hips of a girl with my right arm and hold her smile in my…
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All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and…
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Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids.
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Through the ages, man's main concern was life after death. Today, for the first time, we find we must ask…
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We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself…
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"This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my…
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This paper of yours is so lightly written that you must have sweated terribly.
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Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her…
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