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Arthur Leonard Schawlow Quotes

To do suc cessful research, you don't need to know everything, you just, need to know one thing that isn't known.

To do suc cessful research, you don't need to know everything, you just, need to know one thing that isn't known.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Needs, Research, Knows
"Biographical Memoirs V.83" by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes, National Academies Press, (p. 201), 2003.

It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers are religious. . . . I find a need for God in the universe and in my own life.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Religious, Science, Design

But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork'. Thus scientific research is a worshipful act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Heaven, Atheism, God's Creation

The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what the answer is

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Success, Curiosity, Answers

Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Dirty, Way, Firsts
"Biographical Memoirs V.83" by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes, National Academies Press, (p. 201), 2003.

Anything will lase if you hit it hard enough.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Enough, Hard, Ifs
"Biographical Memoirs V.83" by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes, National Academies Press, (p. 203), 2003.

Dead is when the chemists take over the subject.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Chemist, Subjects
"Arthur Schawlow" by Steven Chu and Charles H. Townes. "Biographical Memoirs", Volume 83, p. 202, www.nap.edu. 2003.

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