George Porter Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
George Porter Quotes and Sayings
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I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.
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It is a joyous occasion for a scientist when the subject which interests him most is recognised by the highest honour that the world can bestow.
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It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family.
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Science and Literature are splendid, and it is really to science and literature themselves that this distinguished company pays its homage.
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Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.
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We are rewarded for work the very essence of which is that we were so impatient that we spent only a millionth of a second over an experiment.
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We three chemists here are the most fortunate of Nobel Laureates, many of whom are rewarded after years of patient and painstaking work.
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When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.
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