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When An Old And Distinguished Person Speaks To You, Listen To Him Carefully And With Respect — But Do Not Believe Him. Never Put Your Trust Into Anything But Your Own Intellect. Your Elder, No Matter Whether He Has Gray Hair Or Has Lost His Hair, No Matter Whether He Is A Nobel Laureate — May Be Wrong. The World Progresses, Year By Year, Century By Century, As The Members Of The Younger Generation Find Out What Was Wrong Among The Things That Their Elders Said. So You Must Always Be Skeptical — Always Think For Yourself.

[professor Pauling] Confesses That He Had Harboured The Feeling That Sooner Or Later He Would Be The One To Get The Dna Structure; And Although He Was Pleased With The Double-helix, He 'rather Wished The Idea Had Been His'.

Facts Are The Air Of Scientists. Without Them You Can Never Fly.

The Best Way To Have A Good Idea Is To Have A Lot Of Ideas.

Science Is The Search For Truth, That Is The Effort To Understand The World: It Involves The Rejection Of Bias, Of Dogma, Of Revelation, But Not The Rejection Of Morality.