Erwin Chargaff Quotes

Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question 'How?' but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question 'Why?'

Erwin Chargaff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: austrian
  • Birth: August 11, 1905 - June 20, 2002

Topics

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I've been fascinated with severe weather since I was four, when I saw a tornado at night in my mom and grandmother's southeast Minnesota hometown while everyone else was asleep - an experience I encoded in 'The Stormchasers.'

Jenna Blum

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If you go into an academic institution with a clean slate, you are very likely to come out a liberal. That is a huge problem.

Andrew Breitbart

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In 1995, I proposed the Harvard Arts Medal. The idea was to celebrate the fact that, although it's rare, Harvard men and women do go into the creative arts. Over the years we've had major, major figures, like Jack Lemmon, John Updike, Yo-Yo Ma, and Bonnie Raitt.

John Lithgow

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Our journey in going beyond our home planet is a human endeavor, and in the greatest tradition of exploration, past, present, and future spacefarers will continue to be enduring catalysts for inspiration in our quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe.

John M. Grunsfeld

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The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.

Max Baucus

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Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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As for Guns N' Roses, I don't think there's ever a chance of a reunion.

Slash

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I do have odd habits. I check under my bed every night for the bogeyman. That's just a little thing, though.

Tori Spelling

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It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.

Monte Irvin

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I've gone the full spectrum - from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop - and the public has accepted what I've done through it all. I think it means I've been doing something right at the right time.

Lou Rawls

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The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.

Louis Leakey

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Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written... I went home and began writing 'Julie of the Wolves.'

Jean Craighead George

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