The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow. It's like driving read more

The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow. It's like driving a car using a rearview mirror.

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called
research, would it?

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called
research, would it?

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest
and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.

I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest
and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual
flight from wonder.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual
flight from wonder.

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.