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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.

In 1958, Anne and I returned to Australia, where I got a very attractive research position at the Australian National University in Canberra. But soon I felt very isolated because at that time game theory was virtually unknown in Australia.

Quotes by John Harsanyi

It is particularly pleasing to see how purely basic research, originally aimed at testing the genetic identity of different cell types in the body, has turned out to have clear human health prospects.

Quotes by John Gurdon

It's important to do research. I do that in every play, every actor does.

Quotes by John Gilpin

The space station is the most unique laboratory we've ever built. The reason we have it is to do research on materials, people, medical matters, pharmaceuticals - the possibilities are nearly endless.

Quotes by John Glenn

I'm passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures... I've lived with Masai tribe... I travel the world and bring it back in the form of a research book that would become the...

Quotes by John Galliano

Twelve years ago, when I was on the Pine Ridge Reservation for 'Thunderheart,' I was dong research into Native American horses that had come into extinction. I was tracing certain Lakota bloodlines, and it became an obsession.

Quotes by John Fusco

With the Mongolian horse warfare, I did a lot of research into the Mongol art of war.

Quotes by John Fusco

I've done everything from research to stuffing envelopes.

Quotes by John F. Kennedy Jr.

Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.

Quotes by John Forbes Nash, Jr.

I would finally renounce my delusional hypotheses and revert to thinking of myself as a human of more conventional circumstances and return to mathematical research.

Quotes by John Forbes Nash, Jr.

Manufacturers account for nearly 60 percent of all industrial research and development.

Quotes by John Engler

A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have control of an institute of medical research.

Quotes by John Eccles

England was a delightful and stimulating place for a young academic, although by present standards, the laboratory facilities were primitive. There were almost no research grants and no secretarial assistance, even for Sherrington.

Quotes by John Eccles

Brain research is the ultimate problem confronting man.

Quotes by John Eccles

A part of sexuality may go to research, and a much larger part must lead to aesthetic creation. The art of the future will, because of the very opportunities and materials it will have at its command, need an infinitely...

Quotes by John Desmond Bernal

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may...

Quotes by John Desmond Bernal

Federal research dollars invested at the National Institutes of Health seem expensive until we factor in the economic growth and jobs created by our world-leading life sciences industry.

Quotes by John Delaney

Research shows that if patients believe they are taking the real drug, they are more confident of improving and, so, improve even if they are actually on the placebo. Conversely, if they suspect they are taking the placebo, their expectancy...

Quotes by John Cornwell

I did some research on cryonics and cryogenics, but I kept it to a minimum because I didn't want the science part of the novel to overshadow the fiction. Being medically accurate wasn't my main goal.

Quotes by John Corey Whaley

Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties.

Quotes by John Cameron

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.