Author: John Polanyi

Quotes

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

- John Polanyi

The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science.

The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science.

- John Polanyi

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science.

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science.

- John Polanyi

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

- John Polanyi

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.

- John Polanyi

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

- John Polanyi

Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.

Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.

- John Polanyi

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.

- John Polanyi

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

- John Polanyi

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