Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.

Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric.

Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

Never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment.

One must work; one must work. I have done what I could.

Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Where observation is concerned chance favors only the prepared mind.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy that all the books in the world.

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.

The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical.

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.

Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.

I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.

Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

Well, I had a small degree, that little infection of skepticism about America which resides in the minds of even America's closest friends. That America can't be quite as good as it says it is. And why does it need so relentlessly to keep saying how good it is?

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.