Top 23 Frederick Sanger Quotes

#1. Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.

Frederick Sanger

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#2. I believe that we have been doing this not primarily to achieve riches or even honour, but rather because we were interested in the work, enjoyed doing it and felt very strongly that it was worthwhile.

Frederick Sanger

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#3. The young no longer want to study anything, learning is in decline, the whole world walks on its head, blind men lead others equally blind and cause them to plunge into the abyss, birds leave the nest before they can fly, the jackass plays the lyre, oxen dance.

Umberto Eco

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#4. Prayer is pouring your heart to the one you love.

Sunday Adelaja

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#5. And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter.

Frederick Sanger

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#6. In this atmosphere I soon became interested in nucleic acids.

Frederick Sanger

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#7. I don't think it is so much the actual bath that most cats dislike; I think it's the fact that they have to spend a good part of the day putting their hair back in place.

Debbie Peterson

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#8. I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home.

Frederick Sanger

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#9. I learned what research was all about as a research student [with] Stoppani ... Max Perutz, and ... Fred Sanger ... From them, I always received an unspoken message which in my imagination I translated as 'Do good experiments, and don't worry about the rest.

Cesar Milstein

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#10. It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.

Frederick Sanger

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#11. Well, we all are what we are, I guess you might say by an accident of birth.

Wilford Brimley

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#12. Books are like confort food without the calories

Elizabeth Berg

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#13. Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.

Frederick Sanger

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#14. Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer.

Frederick Sanger

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#15. A world of made is not a world of born

E. E. Cummings

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#16. After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result.

Frederick Sanger

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#17. It was Neuberger who first taught me how to do research, both technically and as a way of life, and I owe much to him.

Frederick Sanger

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#18. Spirit is strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

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#19. When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences.

Frederick Sanger

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#20. Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding of occupations.

Frederick Sanger

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#21. Influenced by him, and probably even more so by my brother Theodore (a year older than me), I soon became interested in biology and developed a respect for the importance of science and the scientific method.

Frederick Sanger

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#22. Thinking all Silvers are evil is just as wrong as thinking all Reds are inferior.

Victoria Aveyard

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#23. I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge.

Frederick Sanger

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