Application Quotes

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For the pre-Darwinian age had come to be regarded as a Dark Age in which men still believed that the book of Genesis was a… — George Bernard Shaw
Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated. — John Herschel
It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature. The application of… — Louis Agassiz
The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must insist on their… — Erwin Rommel
Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration. — Andy Stanley
From that night on, the electron-up to that time largely the plaything of the scientist-had clearly entered the field as a potent agent in the… — Robert Andrews Millikan
Physical science enjoys the distinction of being the most fundamental of the experimental sciences, and its laws are obeyed universally, so far as is known,… — Frederick Soddy
Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other-only in certain types of society can science flourish,… — Talcott Parsons
One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all… — George Washington
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than… — Eric Hoffer
I see the notion of talent as quite irrelevant. I see instead perseverance, application, industry, assiduity, will, will, will, desire, desire, desire. — Gordon Lish
The technology [semiconductors] which has transformed practical existence is largely an application of what was discovered by these allegedly irresponsible [natural] philosophers. — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
The hybridoma technology was a by-product of basic research. Its success in practical applications is to a large extent the result of unexpected and unpredictable… — Cesar Milstein
A young man fills out an application for a job and does well until he gets to the last question, "Who Should we notify in… — Milton Berle
Many applications of the coincidence method will therefore be found in the large field of nuclear physics, and we can say without exaggeration that the… — Walther Bothe
If science could get rid of consciousness, it would have disposed of the only stumbling block to its universal application. — Brand Blanshard
In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The time will come… — Edward Forbes
While it is never safe to affirm that the future of Physical Science has no marvels in store even more astonishing than those of the… — Robert S. Mulliken
If you ask ... the man in the street ... the human significance of mathematics, the answer of the world will be, that mathematics has… — Cassius Jackson Keyser
I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline… — Derek Barton

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