“My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole.” SuccessfulFeetAdviceResearchEntrepreneurValleysHungVisionariesSiliconSilicon ValleyPublicistsXerox Author:Robert Metcalfe
“Basic research is not the same as development. A crash programme for the latter may be successful; but for the former it is like trying to make nine women pregnant at once in the hope of getting a baby in a month's time.” TryingMaySuccessfulBabyMonthsDevelopmentResearchNineFormerBeing SuccessfulLatterStatisticsPregnantCrashProgrammesBasic Research Author:Richard Doll
“Sesame Street is the epitome of children’s television. It has continued to maintain the successful structure that was established in the beginning. Through it’s amazing research department, teaching has been made fun. This, the heart and humor works for children and adults alike, that’s why I’m very honored to be a part of it.” HeartChildrenHas BeensMadeFunSuccessfulStreetsTeachingTelevisionResearchAdultsStructureDepartmentHonoredEpitomeSesame Street Author:Kevin Clash
“The new advocates of ID [Intelligent Design] ask that their ideas be judged by scientific, not religious, criteria. OK, let's see how well ID stacks up as a scientific alternative to Darwinism. To gauge how well ID is doing as a platform for scientific research, I logged into the best database of the biological literature. A search for keyword ''evolution'' yielded 24,000 hits in the last decade. A search for ''intelligent design'' yielded not a single piece of research. Evolution by natural selection remains the basis of every successful biological research program.” WellsIdeasLastsAsksLiteratureNaturalReligiousSuccessfulPiecesAtheismDesignEvolutionResearchProgramBasesIntelligentRemainsPositive AtheismDecadesAlternativesJudgedPlatformsSelectionCriteriaNatural SelectionDarwinismScientific ResearchGaugesIntelligent DesignDatabasesKeywords Author:Chet Raymo
“Not everybody is talented for doing research. I think many women prefer to look for an easier job after their dissertations because it is very demanding. You have to be mobile. You have to move to different places for your post-doc training. And if you aren't successful, it isn't a very pleasant job, either.” IfsThinkingLooksDifferentJobsMovingSuccessfulEasierTrainingResearchPostsPleasantMobileDifferent PlaceDissertation Author:Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
“[Successful] projects that entrepreneurs initiated and carried through had one essential quality. All had been thoroughly contemplated by the regnant experts and dominant companies, with their large research staffs and financial resources, and had been judged too difficult, untimely, risky, expensive and unprofitable.” DifficultQualityCompanySuccessfulEssentialsProjectsResearchResourcesEntrepreneurFinancialExpertsExpensiveJudgedDominantFinancial Resources Author:George Gilder