Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Professions : Physiologist Born : September 16, 1893 Died : October 22, 1986 Browse All Authors Top 50 quotes by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi discovery science thinking Water, the Hub of Life. Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium. Water is the most extraordinary substance! Practically all its properties are anomolous, which enabled life to use it as building material for its machinery. Life is water dancing to the tune of solids. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi water-of-life dancing mother In every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was accomplished by moving energy. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi health healing moving A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi congratulations creativity inspirational Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi creativity learning wisdom Think boldly. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't miss small details, keep your eyes open and be modest in everything except your aims. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi eye mistake life Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi simple clever life A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi maintenance cells energy Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi ice-water water-of-life mother If any student comes to me and says he wants to be useful to mankind and go into research to alleviate human suffering, I advise him to go into charity instead. Research wants real egotists who seek their own pleasure and satisfaction, but find it in solving the puzzles of nature. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi nature real science The source of this energy is the sun's radiation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi radiation energy sun If structure does not tell us anything about function, it means that we have not looked at it correctly. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi function doe mean Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi dancing life science A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected offhand by the popes of the field. Had I predicted these discoveries in my applications, and had those authorities been my judges, it is evident what their decisions would have been. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi discovery science knowledge Through the ages, man's main concern was life after death. Today, for the first time, we find we must ask questions about whether there will be life before death. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi life science death Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi milk cows knowledge The American Cancer Society tried to ruin my research foundation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi cancer age dark To regulate something always requires two opposing factors. You cannot regulate by a single factor. To give an example, the traffic in the streets could not be controlled by a green light or a red light alone. It needs a green light and a red light as well. The ratio between retine and promine determines whether there is any motion, any growth, or not. Two different inclinations have to be there in readiness to make the cells proliferate. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi cells light science [A vitamin is] a substance you get sick from if you don't eat it. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi vitamins sick substance It is impossible to encircle the hips of a girl with my right arm and hold her smile in my left hand, then proceed to study the two items separately. Similarly, we can not separate life from living matter, in order to study only living matter and its reactions. Inevitably, studying living matter and its reactions, we study life itself Albert Szent-Gyorgyi girl life hands Similar Authors Ivan Sechenov physiologist Ivan Pavlov physiologist Claude Bernard physiologist Franz Joseph Gall physiologist All Authors
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