A vitamin is a substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi More Quotes by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi More Quotes From Albert Szent-Gyorgyi I am not religious, but I am a pious man... A religious man has a definite religion. He says "God is there" or "God is there," "God is there." "Your god is not my god, and that's all." But the pious man, he just looks out with awe, and says, "where is God?" And "well, I don't understand it and I would like to know what this creation really means." That is a pious man, who is really touched by the greatness of nature and of the creation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi greatness religious mean Senescent judges show how patriotic they are by passing out hard sentences for tearing up a draft card or following one's conscience according to the principles established by our country at the Nuremburg trials. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi patriotic judging country This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of biological oxidation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi hydrogen stage principles When I received the Nobel Prize, the only big lump sum of money I have ever seen, I had to do something with it. The easiest way to drop this hot potato was to invest it, to buy shares. I knew that World War II was coming and I was afraid that if I had shares which rise in case of war, I would wish for war. So I asked my agent to buy shares which go down in the event of war. This he did. I lost my money and saved my soul. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi money fear war We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows it. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi philosophical real philosophy Life is a wondrous phenomenon. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi phenomenon life-is life A substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi vitamins disease substance I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi sympathy country son Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines with which to measure and, fourth, money. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi eye science thinking The key to happiness is not to get more, but to enjoy what we have and to fill the empty frame of our lives instead of enlarging it. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi key-to-happiness empty keys Why does man behave like perfect idiot? This is the problem I wish to deal with. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi wish perfect men If I go out into nature, into the unknown, to the fringes of knowledge, everything seems mixed up and contradictory, illogical, and incoherent. This is what research does; it smooths out contradictions and makes things simple, logical, and coherent. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi simple science knowledge Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi systematic occupation research Whatever a man does he must do first in his mind. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi mind doe men I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was not more successful, so in the end 'hexuronic acid' was agreed upon. To-day the substance is called 'ascorbic acid' and I will use this name. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi success science knowledge All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are manifestations of the same living matter. This adapts itself to different jobs and circumstances, but operates on the same basic principles. Muscle contraction is only one of these adaptations. In principle it would not matter whether we studied nerve, kidney or muscle to understand the basic principles of life. In practice, however, it matters a great deal. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi jobs life science "This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding." Albert Szent-Gyorgyi teaching heart thank-you This paper of yours is so lightly written that you must have sweated terribly. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi simplicity written paper The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi real bears work I always tried to live up to Leo Szilard's commandment, "don't lie if you don't have to." I had to. I filled up pages with words and plans I knew I would not follow. When I go home from my laboratory in the late afternoon, I often do not know what I am going to do the next day. I expect to think that up during the night. How could I tell them what I would do a year hence? Albert Szent-Gyorgyi home science lying
