William Ian Beardmore Beveridge Quotes

#1. Many discoveries must have been stillborn or smothered at birth. We know only those which survived.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

#2. Paradoxical as it may at first appear, the fact is that, as W. H. George has said, scientific research is an art, not a science.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

#3. When adults first become conscious of something new, they usually either attack or try to escape from it ... Attack includes such mild forms as ridicule, and escape includes merely putting out of mind.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

#4. Cultivate an intellectual habit of subordinating one's opinions and wishes to objective evidence and a reverence for things as they really are.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

#5. Elaborate apparatus plays an important part in the science of to-day, but I sometimes wonder if we are not inclined to forget that the most important instrument in research must always be the mind of man.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

#6. Hypothesis is a toll which can cause trouble if not used properly. We must be ready to abandon our hypothesis as soon as it is shown to be inconsistent with the facts.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge