Can do Quote by Michael Crichton

...scientific power is like inherited wealth: attained without discipline. You read what others have done, and you take the next step. You can do…

— Michael Crichton

You know what's wrong with scientific power? It's a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.

— Michael Crichton

I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable…

— Anonymous

Do not undertake a scientific career in quest of fame or money. There are easier and better ways to reach them. Undertake it only…

— Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

It's not going to be easy. It's the earth. What creates power in your life is when you perfect your mind, your career, and…

— Frederick Lenz

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get…

— Anonymous

One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. Once you get your courage up and believe that you can do important problems,…

— Richard Hamming

Success in science and scientific work come not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful selection of…

— Lal Bahadur Shastri

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

— E. O. Wilson

The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to…

— Max Delbruck

That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother [Marie Curie] has told…

— Irene Joliot-Curie

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel