The Terrain Is Everything; The Germ Is

Mediocre Men Often Have The Most Acquired Knowledge

If I Had To Define Life In A Single Phrase, I Should Clearly Express My Thought Of Throwing Into Relief One Characteristic Which, In My Opinion, Sharply Differentiates Biological Science. I Should Say: Life Is Creation.

In Science, The Best Precept Is To Alter And Exchange Our Ideas As Fast As Science Moves Ahead.

In The Patient Who Succumbed, The Cause Of Death Was Evidently Something Which Was Not Found In The Patient Who Recovered; This Something We Must Determine, And Then We Can Act On The Phenomena Or Recognize And Foresee Them Accurately. But Not By Statistics Shall We Succeed In This; Never Have Statistics Taught Anything, And Never Can They Teach Anything About The Nature Of The Phenomenon.

Priestley [said] That Each Discovery We Make Shows Us Many Others That Should Be Made.