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Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing.

— John Polanyi

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It is not the laws of physics that make science possible but the unprovable proposition that there exists a grand design underlying the physical world.

It is a truism that success in science comes to the individuals who ask the right questions.

Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.

When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

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