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Research Quotes

On research, discovery, and what the data shows.

One quote defines research almost as improvisation - doing something without knowing exactly what you're doing - while others cite concrete findings on how teacher quality predicts a student's long-term outcomes. Doing picks up that first thread.

I don't even have a computer in my office. If I had e-mail, I'd never take the time to read research or absorb information. I want to think about what I'm doing, and that takes time.

Quotes by John W. Rogers, Jr.

Whilst worthy in themselves, applications shouldn't be the only way to drive basic research.

Quotes by John Sulston

I wandered along to the chemistry labs, more or less on the rebound, and asked about becoming a research student. It was the '60s, a time of university expansion: the doors were open, and a 2:1 was good enough to...

Quotes by John Sulston

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on...

Quotes by John Sladek

Genomic science, as the newest frontier in scholarly research, is throwing open the door to a revolutionary way of approaching our health, the health and welfare of animals, and the sustainability of our environment.

Quotes by John Sharp

You know, Chevron - we don't do original research on climate change. It's the government's role to do that, and we accept the determinations that are there.

Quotes by John S. Watson

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

Quotes by John Ratzenberger

In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to attend university before taking part in wartime research projects.

Quotes by John Pople

Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.

Quotes by John Pople

When times are good, there is budget available for increased research on secondary products or customers.

Quotes by John Quelch

Brand preferences and consumption levels in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil tend to be more fluid. Consumer research is therefore critical to aid marketers trying to cement brand preferences early on as these economies develop.

Quotes by John Quelch

If you can promise a vital and vibrant research environment as well as great students to your faculty, you can recruit some top faculty. The top faculty on your roster will then help you to attract further top students in...

Quotes by John Quelch

As part of our research, we monitor just about every announced deal globally that is in excess of a billion dollars.

Quotes by John Paulson

The scientists who do climate research understand that much of the ever increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1850 must be attributed to burning those fossil fuels to produce the energy that drives industrialization.

Quotes by John Olver

When it comes to sermon writing, generally there are two problems. Some preachers love the research stage but hate the writing, and they start writing too late. Others don't like doing research, so they move way too fast to the...

Quotes by John Ortberg

Research universities need excellent means to communicate and express their results to regular people.

Quotes by John Maeda

The initial research will be very indiscriminate. I do a lot of reading, buy a stack of books and read and digest them, and then I start doing phone interviews and archival research and then the travelling.

Quotes by John Jeremiah Sullivan

Our research led on to other things, such as the fact that exchange rates are not lognormally distributed.

Quotes by John Hull

We started giving presentations at practitioner conferences in 1986, and since then all of our derivatives research has been stimulated by contact with practitioners.

Quotes by John Hull

The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that.

Quotes by John Henry Carver

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a witty definition of research?
Yes — one quote defines it memorably: "Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing." For more quotes with a similar playful tone, see our Doing quotes.
Is there a quote about someone's academic background in science?
Yes, one quote recalls studying "towards the diploma in Natural Sciences at the Swiss Polytechnical School in Zurich" between 1949 and 1953, describing that period as when they made their first contacts with fundamental research.
Does this page cite research about teacher effectiveness?
Yes — one quote states, "Research confirms that great teachers change lives," and that students with an effective elementary school teacher are "more likely to go to college" and "less likely to become pregnant as teens."
Is there a quote about identifying what makes a successful teacher?
Yes, one quote mentions doing "a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful," concluding that "The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement."
Where can I find more quotes about learning and self-discovery?
Browse our Life quotes, Me quotes, or More quotes for related themes.

For more on process and curiosity, see Life or More.