Ernest Rutherford Famous Quotes



"The only possible conclusion that social sciences can draw is some do, some don't."

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.


Ernest Rutherford Quotations






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Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.
Eugene S Wilson

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.
Mark Twain

"It is not enough to have knowledge, one must also apply it. It is not enough to have wishes, one must also accomplish."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Cruel persecution and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essense of religion, namely, its absolute claims."
Morris Raphael Cohen

"The church is near, but the way is icy, The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully."
Ukranian Proverb

Mediocrity can talk but it is for genius to observe.
Benjamin Disraeli

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you get all wet.
Unknown

"Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth."
Mark Twain

"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love, or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies"
Erich Fromm

"In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric."
Maya Angelou