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Charles H Townes Quotes

We can’t avoid age. However, we can avoid some aging. Continue to do things. Be active. Life is fantastic in the way it adjusts to demands; if you use your muscles and mind, they stay there much longer Picture Quote #1

There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible Picture Quote #1

Alfred Nobel really understood very well the necessary supra-natural character of the human enterprise Picture Quote #1

I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Which kind of scientist was the question Picture Quote #1

Science has faith. We make postulates. We can’t prove those postulates, but we have faith in them Picture Quote #1

I was brought up as Christian, and while my ideas have changed, I have always felt myself religiously oriented Picture Quote #1

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Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don’t look in other directions Picture Quote #1

Science is exploration. The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don’t know what’s there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that science is complete at all. We don’t understand everything, and one can see, within science itself, there are many inconsistencies. We just have to accept that we don’t understand Picture Quote #1

It was strange, in a way, because there were no ideas involved in the laser that weren’t already known by somebody 25 years before lasers were discovered. The ideas were all there; just, nobody put it together Picture Quote #1

In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is rewarding, but it’s a pity if it keeps you from doing the work you are good at Picture Quote #1

One of the things my family taught me - I think very important in religion and science - is that you must be ready to stand up for what you think. Decide what you really think is best, and stick with it Picture Quote #1

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I was very eager to produce an oscillator for short waves. I was doing science with microwaves, and I would get down to a few millimetres in wavelength, but I wanted to get shorter wavelengths; I wanted to get into the infra-red because I saw there was a lot more to be done there Picture Quote #1

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We can’t avoid age. However, we can avoid some aging. Continue to do things. Be active. Life is fantastic in the way it adjusts to demands; if you use your muscles and mind, they stay there much longer. (Charles H Townes Quotes) There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible. (Charles H Townes Quotes) Alfred Nobel really understood very well the necessary supra-natural character of the human enterprise. (Charles H Townes Quotes) I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Which kind of scientist was the question. (Charles H Townes Quotes) Science has faith. We make postulates. We can’t prove those postulates, but we have faith in them. (Charles H Townes Quotes) I was brought up as Christian, and while my ideas have changed, I have always felt myself religiously oriented. (Charles H Townes Quotes) Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don’t look in other directions. (Charles H Townes Quotes) Science is exploration. The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don’t know what’s there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises. (Charles H Townes Quotes) I don’t think that science is complete at all. We don’t understand everything, and one can see, within science itself, there are many inconsistencies. We just have to accept that we don’t understand. (Charles H Townes Quotes) It was strange, in a way, because there were no ideas involved in the laser that weren’t already known by somebody 25 years before lasers were discovered. The ideas were all there; just, nobody put it together. (Charles H Townes Quotes) In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is rewarding, but it’s a pity if it keeps you from doing the work you are good at. (Charles H Townes Quotes) One of the things my family taught me - I think very important in religion and science - is that you must be ready to stand up for what you think. Decide what you really think is best, and stick with it. (Charles H Townes Quotes) I was very eager to produce an oscillator for short waves. I was doing science with microwaves, and I would get down to a few millimetres in wavelength, but I wanted to get shorter wavelengths; I wanted to get into the infra-red because I saw there was a lot more to be done there. (Charles H Townes Quotes)