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“Lenin was an undisputed leader of the proletariat, political leader, researcher, scientist, founder, who made important contributions to the socialist construction.”
Miguel Díaz-Canel (born 1960) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tweet, 22 April 2020
“The professor was lost in thought. He was disturbed and worried, but proud that he was behaving like a true scientist: he wasn’t losing his head, or panicking, or believing in miracles.”
Dmitri Bilenkin (1933–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Scientist Aubrey de Grey made inappropriate sexual comments to two female entrepreneurs, independent investigation finds”
Aubrey de Grey (born 1963) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 11 September 2021 by Megan Molteni of StatNews
“I have approached this like a scientist: even though I wear a habit, I am not void of reason.”
José Antonio Fortea (born 1968) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Exorcist says Satan exists but without 'horns, wings or a tail' (September 20, 2010)
“I received a weapon. I am not trained to use it. I am a political scientist elected to parliament. It is as weird as it sounds. If someone said this even three days ago, I wouldn't have believed them. But I have a gun, and if the situation comes to that, I will have to use it. I am not surrendering (to the Russians), I will join the fight.”
Inna Sovsun (born 1984) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inna Sovsun (2022) cited in "EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine's MPs armed with rifles as civilians prepare to battle Vladimir Putin's army" on Mirror, 26 February 2022.
“...I said that INPE was a highly respected institution, that I had a name as a scientist and there was no way I was going let that go.”
Ricardo Galvão (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...To say to a scientist that your data is lying could mean the end of a career. And the data weren’t mine, but from my colleagues at INPE.”
Ricardo Galvão (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not only as a scientist but as a citizen of Brazil, I’m very concerned about the increasing rate of deforestation in the Amazon.”
Ricardo Galvão (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In prying apart the stone layers of the rocks, the scientist is, in reality, opening the leaves of the past history of our world.”
Thomas Condon (1822–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As I writer, I have courage to be—to ask questions and not to find an answer because then I should change my job and try to be a scientist. And this is the better freedom, to be a writer. Just ask and show strange things.”
Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nobel Prize-Winner Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with John Freeman" in LitHub (10 October 2019)
“That's a very small comfort, to me or to him,” said Christina bitterly. “I’m a scientist,” answered Robert apologetically. “I’m better at analyzing problems than finding comforting things to say about them.”
Mike Resnick (1942–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just as the philosopher or scientist must once in a while occupy himself with manual labor, so it is necessary for working girls to have some brain work to relieve their physical fatigue. If we come home with no other thought but the grind that awaits us again tomorrow, the best thing for us to do is to find forgetfulness in sleep.”
Theresa Malkiel (1874–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A scientist, humanitarian and of royal birth, Kropotkin is a genius of the age; not only does his colossal intellect cause him to stand in bold relief, but his personality is one of indescribable and unduplicated power.”
Anna Strunsky (1877–1964) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Earnest Address by Anna Strunsky", San Francisco Call, 11 October 1904, quoted in Ruth Kinna, Kropotkin: Reviewing the Classical Anarchist Tradition (Edinburgh University Press, 2016), p. 15.
“I’m a scientist, you can see them blinking.”
Precious Lunga (born 1974) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The NS Interview: Precious Lunga, epidemiologist,(January 17,2012)
“Mind emerges from matter and life at an empirical level, but at a transcendental level every form or structure is necessarily also a form or structure disclosed by consciousness. With this reversal one passes from the natural attitude of the scientist to the transcendental phenomenological attitude.”
Evan Thompson (born 1962) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Evan Thompson, Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind. Harvard University Press, 2010. p. 86.
“I am a scientist. I do not believe in gods or demons.”
Ryk E. Spoor (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success requires hard work whether you are a tennis player, an artist, a scientist, a writer or an entrepreneur.”
Mamokgethi Phakeng (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am the first chemist and the first female scientist to receive the honor, who was contacted and asked to submit an application for the award.”
Omowunmi Sadik (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you're a scientist, you tend to really look at the perfection of the human body, the way it functions. If you look at nature as a whole. I'm still amazed at the perfection with which the entire ecosystem functions together.”
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success will come easier and faster as a young scientist if you are confident about your abilities, are not afraid to step out of your comfort zone, seek out a mentor, and collaborate on projects. This will improve the likelihood of obtaining competitive funding, and increasing research and publication productivity.”
Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe (born 1962) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Francisca give advice to young scientists in 2018.
“In joint grant application preparation, many investigators think women should not be the Principal Investigators, citing society-assigned roles to women to manage welfare issues and not be a chief planner. Non-flexible work schedules and non-gender-friendly management policies have also not helped the female scientist.”
Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you have some kid, who works for Twitter in the Philippines, censoring a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, speaking about his area of expertise, I think we've lost the plot.”
Konstantin Kisin (born 1982) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: WE'VE LOST THE PLOT! Konstantin Kisin and Bill Maher Mock Science Censorship" (at 1m5s), Triggernometry, 21 June 2023.
“The Wellcome Trust has been instrumental to getting me established as a credible African research scientist. I competed and won a training fellowship that supported my PhD studies. My current work is supported by an intermediate fellowship, and this has enabled me to compete successfully for an MRC/DFID African Research Leader award.”
Faith Osier (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It makes me appreciate the community that transformed a little girl growing up in Kenya into an international award-winning scientist.”
Faith Osier (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You (Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat) had dedicated your entire life to the service to your country (Mongolia), from an ordinary herder to the president of the country, from a mining engineer to a minister, scientist and academician.”
Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (born 1968) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (2025) cited in: "Mongolia Bids Farewell to Honorable Ochirbat Punsalmaa" in Mongolian National News Agency, 24 January 2025.
“You don't have to be a qualified scientist to experiment with the world. Knowing some basic principles will set you on the right track... [I]t doesn't even have to be an organized process...”
Helen Czerski (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being up on the bridge and watching these waves roll in... We were sitting bow into the wind. We were studying high wind gas exchange so... we'd gone out there for those conditions. The chief scientist was incredibly happy when that storm came around.”
Helen Czerski (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The day they carried... [the surface following buoy] down to the beach... and I had never thought about what really might be underneath [the ocean]... [T]hen I understood the context for them and... became an ocean scientist by the back door. ...Then I had opportunities to go to sea and I continued the research...”
Helen Czerski (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A research scientist is someone who cannot rest content within the confines of existing knowledge, but always itches to know what is over the horizon. Or it’s somebody who doesn’t know to leave well enough alone.”
Matthew Hughes (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a climate scientist who has spent the last two decades studying how our climate is changing and sharing our increasingly urgent and frightening findings with the world.”
Nerilie Abram (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I grew up with the Apollo programme and it was that which inspired me a lot. I wanted to be an astronaut, at first, but I saw that I was a woman, Brazilian, and very short-sighted. So, really, it was not going to happen. I decided that I was going to help the space programme as a scientist. I decided this very early and never strayed from this path.”
Rosaly Lopes (born 1957) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Rosaly Lopes, a Brazilian NASA astronomer and the first woman to edit the journal founded by Carl Sagan, Fernanda Canofre. 15 May 2018, GlobalVoices. Retrieved: 29, November 2023.
“Jekyll is not just an example of hypocrisy, capable how is it to repress Hyde, the one who is "hidden", while enjoying ignoble (and indefinite) gratifications through him. He embodies the prototype of the scientist who Faustianly rises above others by sublimating in his research of "transcendental medicine", in the inescapable gesture, the liberation of repressed instincts.”
Attilio Brilli (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ultimate thing for me, particularly as a physician scientist, is not just discovery, but also seeing the application of knowledge…into an improvement in health.”
Julie Makani (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t feel pressured if you are a young scientist or clinician in Africa. If you want to do a particular field of study – do it.”
Julie Makani (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a medical doctor and scientist, there are many problems to solve, find one that intrigues you and follow it relentlessly by doing research to answer that question.”
Glenda Gray (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments.”
Adam Grant (born 1981) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Post on Twitter/X, December 9, 2023.
“The work of the historian is not the work of the critic or of the moralist,”. “It is the work of the sleuth and the storyteller, the philosopher and the scientist, the keeper of tales, the sayer of sooth, the teller of truth.”
Jill Lepore (born 1966) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jill Lepore: Politicians Can Dupe Voters but not Posterity The daily beast (October 19, 2018)
“There were situations that were hard for parents to turn down. It's difficult to turn down a chance to star with Laurence Olivier, to say, 'No, she has to go to school'. They had a big decision to make ... I was interested in everything. I wanted to be a scientist. I would've loved to go on and on at university. But you can't do everything in life.”
Glynis Johns (1923–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am nothing but a scientist of sufficiently advanced technology, which is to say a magician.”
Adrian Tchaikovsky (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Betraying my bias as a political scientist, I’m really excited about what we can do around democracy. We’re at a moment where it’s important for those of us who are champions of democracy to help the world understand how to make democracies work: How democratic governance and democratic practices can actually — if well done — solve crises and solve people’s problems.”
Claudine Gay (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For a robust profile of an artwork (I am concentrating here on paintings), there needs to be an input from the expert connoisseur, the art historian, as well as the scientist.”
Jehane Ragai (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The profile of the painting is completed by the scientist who, using appropriate tools, will examine the surface craquelure (the network of cracks in the paint or varnish) as well as its fluorescence properties, analyze the underdrawings, determine the nature of the pigments and binding materials, date the canvas, and also date the frame.”
Jehane Ragai (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It takes a village to raise a child, as our African sayings go... and it takes a global village to generate a successful scientist.”
Segenet Kelemu (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It takes a village to raise a child, as our African sayings go, and to me, it takes a global village to generate a successful scientist.”
Segenet Kelemu (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some of my proudest moments in STEM have been around conducting vital research on our technological and data ecosystems to put our needs, challenges and solutions on the map." Neema speaking on her proudest moment as a scientist”
Neema Iyer wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be aware of the importance of culture; be open-minded as a scientist and as a person. Seek independence. Understand how important it is to be a responsible citizen. Be of good heart and be confident.”
Zohra ben Lakhdar (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As an early-career scientist, I faced significant challenges, particularly the lack of infrastructure for advanced research. Before ARISE, I often had to ship samples abroad for analysis, a process fraught with delays and high costs. This hampered my ability to conduct timely and impactful research.”
“For me, to be rich is to be knowledgeable, wise, to have common sense, to have the inspiration to become a political leader, to have the vocation to become a religious leader, to have the dedication of a scientist, the creativity and imagination of a writer or poet, the business acumen of an entrepreneur.”
Gilbert Ramez Chagoury (born 1946) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address of Mr. Gilbert Chagoury - Commencement Ceremony - (13 July 2017) Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
“The testimony of every scientist is that the frontiers that are opening out ahead of us now are far wider and more spectacular than any frontier of America in the past. Our horizons are not closed. We are going to write a greater development in America than has ever been conceived.”
Eric Johnston (1896–1963) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Forbes, vol. 52, no. 6 (September 15, 1943), p. 38
“A scientist looks for a description of the universe in terms of a model that allows him to understand how things work, allows him to predict how things are going to work, and allows him to put together devices that work according to his predictions.”
Milton A. Rothman (1919–2001) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Is Physics Finished?", in Asimov's (Fall 1977), p. 38