Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water
—Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Topics: Water
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.
—Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Topics: Thinking, Discovery
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.
—Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.
—Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Topics: Knowledge
Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different
—Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Topics: Wilderness, Discovery
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