David M. Schultz
GREAT QUOTES
Some words to live by if you are a scientist:
1) If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
2) A conclusion is the place you got tired of thinking.
3) For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.
4) No one is listening until you make a mistake.
5) To steal ideas from one person is plagarism; to steal from many is
research.
In a sense, all science, all human thought, is a form of play.
Abstract thought is the neoteny of the intellect, by which man is able
to continue to carry out activities which have no immediate goal
(other animals play while young) in order to prepare himself for
long-term strategies and plans.
Jacob Bronowski,
mathematician (1908-1974)
We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.
Henry
David Thoreau
Mesoscale meteorology involves understanding processes which can
screw up a perfectly good forecast.
Brad Colman
"I hate writing. But I love having written."
Dorothy Parker
"If you're all wrapped up in yourself ... you're definitely
overdressed."
"Love your enemies ... it really pisses them
off."
"If one person calls you a horse's ass, be curious. If three
people ... be reflective. After five people ... buy a saddle."
Anonymous
Ah, there's nothing more exciting than science. You get all the fun of:
sitting still,
being quiet,
writing down numbers,
paying attention.
Science has it all.
Principal Seymour Skinner
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