"Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward……" — John Charles Polanyi
"Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey."
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John Charles Polanyi
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44 Quotes by John Charles Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi has 44 quotes on this site.
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Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.
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The eye searches for shapes. It searches for a beginning, a middle, and an end.
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Science is an enterprise that can only flourish if it puts the truth ahead of nationality, ethnicity, class and color.
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It is folly to use as one's guide in the selection of fundamental science the criterion of utility. Not because…
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I knew, however, that it would cost ten times what I had available in order to build a molecular beam…
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It takes a trained and discerning researcher to keep the goal in sight, and to detect evidence of the creeping…
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Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will…
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Reality is no less precious if it presents itself to someone else. All are discoverers, and if we disenfranchise any,…
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Though we explore in a culturally-conditioned way, the reality we sketch is universal.
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Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.
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The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment…
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Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.
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More Dissent Quotes
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one of 219 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
— Edward Abbey
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The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I…
— Roseanne Barr
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Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
— Jacob Bronowski
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in…
— Jacob Bronowski
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Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities…
— Alan Barth
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I am a man who perceives life in a certain way, a man who rejects things that defecate on humankind,…
— Harry Belafonte
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I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment…
— Thomas Browne
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That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible…
— Learned Hand
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There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all…
— Anne Hathaway
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Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience…
— Warren G. Bennis
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America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation.
— Henry Steele Commager
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[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the…
— H. L. Mencken
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