Arthur Leonard Schawlow quotes

“The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what the answer is”
-- Arthur Leonard Schawlow

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“It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers are religious. . . . I find a need for God in the universe and in my own life.”
-- Arthur Leonard Schawlow

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“But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork'. Thus scientific research is a worshipful act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation.”
-- Arthur Leonard Schawlow

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“To do suc cessful research, you don't need to know everything, you just, need to know one thing that isn't known.”
-- Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Source : "Biographical Memoirs V.83" by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes, National Academies Press, (p. 201), 2003.

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“Anything will lase if you hit it hard enough.”
-- Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Source : "Biographical Memoirs V.83" by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes, National Academies Press, (p. 203), 2003.

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“Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.”
-- Arthur Leonard Schawlow

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“Dead is when the chemists take over the subject.”
-- Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Source : "Arthur Schawlow" by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes. "Biographical Memoirs", Volume 83, p. 202, www.nap.edu. 2003.

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“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”

“Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense of satisfaction and well-being. Winning is not everything; but it is something powerful, indeed beautiful, in itself, something as necessary to the strong spirit as striving is necessary to the healthy character.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books

“I wanna be the best at what I do. I wanna sing, I wanna dance, I wanna act. That's about it.”

“Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.”

“The hardest part about being an entrepreneur is that you'll fail ten times for every success.”

“The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation.”

“The simplest answer is to act.”

Source : "Everybody Sees the Ants". Book by A.S. King, 2011.

“Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"”

Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.27, Penguin

“Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.”

“If the patient has been to more than four physicians, nutrition is probably the medical answer.”