Fortune favors the prepared mind.

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.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.

Technology favors horrible people.

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

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.

That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.

My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.

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

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.

They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none.