There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.

—Louis Pasteur

About Louis Pasteur

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Louis Pasteur (; French: [lwi pastœʁ] ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him. His research in chemistry led to remarkable breakthroughs...

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Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

—Louis Pasteur

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The moments that we have with friends and family, the chances that we have to make a big difference in the world or even to make a small difference to the ones we love, all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away. It can happen fast and a whole lot sooner than you think.

—Louis Pasteur

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The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.

—Lewis Thomas

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist.

—Harrison Ford

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

—Ashley Montague

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