Education Quote by Stephen Thomas Ziliak

There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible.

— Charles H. Townes

“But the significance test that scientists use doesn’t measure importance.”

— Jordan Ellenberg

A lot of people believe they are successful because they have everything they want. They have added value to themselves. But I believe significance…

— John C. Maxwell

“No writer in the world agonizes over words the way a scientist does. Terminology is everything: we identify something by its established name, describe…

— Hope Jahren

The significance of a fact is relative to [the general body of scientific] knowledge. To say that a fact is significant in science, is…

— Bertrand Russell

You gave me a significant look, but significant of what?

— Mason Cooley

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and…

— Alyson Stoner

Success means using your knowledge and experience to satisfy yourself. Significance means using your knowledge and experience to change the lives of others.

— Bob Buford

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it

— David Hilbert

In the real world of research, conventional tests of [statistical] significance seem almost worthless.

— Fischer Black

“Success is achieved when we add value to ourselves. Significance is when we add value to other. Success is attracted to people of value…

— Mlungisi Simelane

If science is to progress, what we need is the ability to experiment, honesty in reporting results—the results must be reported without somebody saying…

— Richard P. Feynman