Pyotr Kapitsa quotes
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“The crocodile cannot turn its head. Like all science, it must always go forward with all-devouring jaws.”
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“To talk of atomic energy in terms of atomic bombs is like talking of electricity in terms of the electric chair.”
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“The year that Rutherford died (1938 [sic]) there disappeared forever the happy days of free scientific work which gave us such delight in our youth. Science has lost her freedom. Science has become a productive force. She has become rich but she has become enslaved and part of her is veiled in secrecy. I do not know whether Rutherford would continue to joke and laugh as he used to.”
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“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”
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“Man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their palpitating hearts.”
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“Only when you have crossed the river can you say that the crocodile has a lump on his snout.”
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“I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.”
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“The crocodile must want to be a crocodile for reasons of the crocodile”
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“Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.”
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Source : "The king of the pharaohs" by Tim Radford, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2003.
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