Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term. Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another’s point of view.
The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter — for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. He lives and labors and hopes.
Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off. All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.
Realists do not fear the results of their study.
What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.
War seldom ever leads to good results.
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.
I have gotten a lot of results! I know several thousand things that won’t work.
