There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm. Linus Pauling More Quotes by Linus Pauling More Quotes From Linus Pauling The nucleic acids, as constituents of living organisms, are comparable In importance to proteins. There is evidence that they are Involved In the processes of cell division and growth, that they participate In the transmission of hereditary characters, and that they are important constituents of viruses. An understanding of the molecular structure of the nucleic acids should be of value In the effort to understand the fundamental phenomena of life. Linus Pauling characterlifescience I made use of the college library by borrowing books other than scientific books, such as all of the plays by George Bernard Shaw, the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. The college library helped me to develop a broader aspect on life. Linus Pauling collegewritingbook We may say that life has borrowed from inanimate processes the same basic mechanism used in producing those striking structures that are crystals, with their beautiful plane faces. Linus Pauling maylifescience [David Harker asked: Dr Pauling, how do you have so many good ideas?] Linus Pauling wellsdrsideas You have to have a lot of ideas. First, if you want to make discoveries, it's a good thing to have good ideas. And second, you have to have a sort of sixth sense-the result of judgment and experience-which ideas are worth following up. I seem to have the first thing, a lot of ideas, and I also seem to have good judgment as to which are the bad ideas that I should just ignore, and the good ones, that I'd better follow up. Linus Pauling discoveryscienceideas [Professor Pauling] confesses that he had harboured the feeling that sooner or later he would be the one to get the DNA structure; and although he was pleased with the double-helix, he 'rather wished the idea had been his'. Linus Pauling dnafeelingsideas Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find the right solution, the just solution of international problems, and not an effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible. I believe in morality, in justice, in humanitarianism. Linus Pauling truthgamesbelieve It was obvious-to me at any rate-that the answer was to why an enzyme is able to speed up a chemical reaction by as much as 10 million times. It had to do this by lowering the energy of activation-the energy of forming the activated complex. It could do this by forming strong bonds with the activated complex, but only weak bonds with the reactants or products. Linus Pauling enzymesstrongenergy I like people. I like animals, too-whales and quail, dinosaurs and dodos. But I like human beings especially, and I am unhappy that the pool of human germ plasm, which determines the nature of the human race, is deteriorating. Linus Pauling whalesanimalscience Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality. Linus Pauling rejectioneffortworld I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into theoretical physics, therefore the field is extremely competitive. I console myself with the thought that although they may be smarter and may be deeper thinkers than I am, I have broader interests than they have. Linus Pauling theoretical-physicssmartpeople Although physicians, as part of their training, are taught that the dosage of a drug that is prescribed for the patient must be very carefully determined and controlled, they seem to have difficulty in remembering that the same principle applies to the vitamins. Linus Pauling vitaminstrainingdrug Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries than we can imagine will be made, and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm. Linus Pauling optimisticscienceknowledge The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away. Linus Pauling innovationcreativeideas Everyone should know that the 'war on cancer' is largely a fraud. Linus Pauling fdacancerwar I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles. Linus Pauling i-believeprinciplesbelieve Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world. Linus Pauling oregonengineeringcollege Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good. Linus Pauling treatiesagreementlong [Instead of collecting stamps, he collected dictionaries and encyclopaedias:] Because you can learn more from them. Linus Pauling stampslearningscience But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe - and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm. Linus Pauling imaginationdiscoveryinteresting
