All Jonas Salk Quotes
- It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience. Based
- I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution. Correcting
- As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and… Child
- Now, some people might look at something and let it go by, because they don't recognize the pattern and the significance. It's the sensitivity to… Able
- The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?' Ancestor
- What is … important is that we — number one: Learn to live with each other. Number two: try to bring out the best in… Bespeaks
- Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors. Ancestor
- Life is an error-making and an error-correctin g process, and nature in marking man's papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival… Both
- Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed: It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe. Developed
- If all insects disappeared, all life on earth would perish. If all humans disappeared, all life on earth would flourish. All
- It is possible to create an epidemic of health which is self-organizing and self-propelling. Create
- I do what I feel impelled to do, as an artist would. Scientists function in the same way. I see all these as creative activities,… Activities
- Find the right questions. You don't invent the answers, you reveal the answers. Answers
- I couldn't possibly have become a member of this Institute, you know, if I hadn't organized it myself. Inspirational
- IT IS SAID TO AWAIT CERTAINTY IS TO AWAIT ETERNITY. Await
- Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. Brilliance
- I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams. Conquered
- If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from… All
- There is no such thing as failure, there's just giving up too soon. Failure
- Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them. Been