Best George Wald Quotes
- Our business is with life, not death. Business
- We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely… All
- I can conceive of no nightmare so terrifying as establishing communication with a so-called superior (or, if you wish, advanced) technology in outer space. Advanced
- The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to kill. In effect, they've been saying, You can kill us,… All
- When you have no experience of pain, it is rather hard to experience joy. Experience
- The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It… All
- Faced with a new mutation in an organism, or a fundamental change in its living conditions, the biologist is frequently in no position whatever to… Accoutered
- I think I know what is bothering the students. I think that what we are up against is a generation that is by no means… Bother
- The great questions are those an intelligent child asks and, getting no answers, stops asking. Answers
- I do not want to believe in God. Therefore I choose to believe in that which I know is scientifically impossible, spontaneous generation leading to… Believe
- I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me. Already Behind
- I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company. Among
- I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack. Adequate
- It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean… Breakfast
- We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons. Get Rid
- There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are the… All
- The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them. Inspirational
- The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life. Foster
- The concept of war crimes is an American invention. American
- So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product. Absorb
- Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality. History
- [Attributing the origin of life to spontaneous generation.] However improbable we regard this event, it will almost certainly happen at least once.... The time... is… Almost Certainly
- We already know enough to begin to cope with all the major problems that are now threatening human life and much of the rest of… Action
- As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you all the time. All
- A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize. Dialogue